📋 Tender Overview
Scope :
The presidente nicolau lobato international airport (pnlia) has a runway of 1,850 meters (m) in length with a pavement width of 30m. The runway can accommodate code c aircrafts such as b737 and a320, but operations of these aircrafts are under significant restrictions on payload because the length of the runway is short. The existing runway also does not have the icao specified runway end safety areas (resa), which is at least 90m long and required for safe aerodrome operation. These two issues pose challenges in route development of the pnlia for better air connectivity of the country because airlines have to take into consideration commercial penalty by operating with reduced passenger load factors (i. E. , less seat occupied) and consider extra safety measures. The current air traffic control tower (atct) is also in poor condition and does not fully meet the requirements even for the existing runway. The project will be aligned with the following impact: national productivity improved by ensuring better connectivity of its people within and outside of the country. The proposed outcome is improved efficiency and safety of goods and peoples movements.
Palladium, an advisory, management and implementation firm, undertook the feasibility study for the redevelopment project. Palladium contracted Engineers Without Borders Australia (EWB), a non-profit organisation providing engineering solutions, to undertake the project site’s geotechnical investigation and topographic surveying.
The proposed project will improve the facilities at the pnlia in dili mainly by upgrading the airport runway to meet the requirements recommended by the international civil aviation organization, and configuring other airport facilities to conform to the upgraded runway. The project will enhance the safety of the pnlia and reduce safety concerns on the airport key facilities raised by the market, which will help the country establish better air connectivity.
National productivity improved by ensuring better connectivity of its people within and outside of the country. Efficiency and safety of goods and peoples movements improved.
