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As promised, kutoka kwa KAA wenyewe
Original terminal capacty was 2.5m right?
JKIA’s Terminal IA Arrivals Terminal to Commence Operations
JKIA’s Terminal IA Arrivals Terminal to Commence Operations
The Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) is this week set to operationalize the new terminal 1A arrivals function at the Jomo Kenya International Airport (JKIA).
The state of the art arrivals terminal, that is exclusively for use by Kenya Airways and its partner airlines has a capacity to handle a one-way peak hour traffic of 1,125 arriving passengers; it is equipped with two passenger-boarding bridges and 3 arrival belts with ability to handle 1,920 bags per hour.
Ag. Managing Director at KAA, Mr. Yatich Kagungo said that the commissioning of the new facility is a key milestone in the authority’s efforts to expand and modernize JKIA with the goal of enhancing customer experience.
“Terminal 1A will further stamp the position of JKIA as the main hub in the region. It will massively improve the experience of customers at JKIA, besides guaranteeing operational efficiency, boosting security by separating departing and arriving passengers, and improved quality of service to airport users,” said Mr. Kagungo.
The new terminal has been designed to allow free flowing movement of passengers in a spacious environment; and a clear division between arriving, departing and transiting passengers with clear signage to ensure all passengers get to where they need to be with minimum delay.
Terminal 1A has a capacity to handle 2.5 million passengers annually.
remember T1A was built on part of a section of the original terminal and the rest built outwards including 5 contact aprons so if you were to exclude T1a, the origina terminal wasn't 2.5m anymore , but then T1E was also remodeled afresh, also on the same side, Turkish lounge was built returning the capacity to 2.5m if you add that to the T1a, the whole termial ! has a capacity of 5m...
Here is a visual aid from google satelite maps so you dont get confused
You can even see the upgraded terminals look new and bright. T1a is the one on the left (look for Masai coffee) you can see there are about 5 plane contact points added. On the upper side of that curvy terminal is part of the original terminal, its less bright, those are terminals 1C,1D.....Then at the end there is the new Turkish lounge + Terminal 1E. in short, Terminal 1C,1D, 1E combined have a capacity of 2.5m and the big terminal 1A also has capacity of 2.5m also...... That's 5m on termial 1.
Virtual tour of the Turkish lounge
Terminal 1A walk through
Terminal 2 not seen of the above screenshot is on the other side of the airport, it also has a capacity of 2.5m.... That brings the capacty to 7.5m.
After all those ugrades JKIA was awarded fr its effort
JKIA Wins Best Improved Airport Award in Africa
JKIA receives International recognition from Airport’s Council International
Airports Council International (ACI) – the voice of world airports; has today recognized Jomo Kenyatta International Airport for its excellence in customer service. JKIA has been named as the best-improved airport in Africa in the prestigious 2015 Airports Council International (ACI) Airport Service Quality (ASQ) Awards. This recognition is a testament to the airport’s on-going commitment to service excellence.
Jomo Kenyatta emerged winner in the Best Improved by Region-Africa Category in what is considered as the aviation industry’s most comprehensive passenger service-benchmarking program. The ACI Survey has captured passengers’ experience at all airport passenger contact points at more than 300 airports worldwide. ACI ASQ has industry recognition as a world-class benchmarking program that aims to allow airports plan improvements and benchmark their customer services against other airports.
ACI named JKIA as the 5th best airport in Africa, 2014 during the ASQ Awards held last year.
Kenya Airports Authority’s Acting Managing Director, Mr. Yatich Kagungo noted that the recognition was timely; coming at a time that JKIA is undergoing major upgrading and modernisation works set to stamp it’s position as a regional hub.
“The stature of JKIA has grown significantly in recent years with increased passengers and cargo traffic into and out of the facility. We expect even further growth going forward as more capacity is unlocked by on-going works, which will improve level of service, security and controlled access to meet international standards, thus taking advantage of its strategic location of JKIA to position it as the premier aviation hub of Africa.” Mr. Kagungo added.
On-going works at JKIA include the construction of arrivals Terminal 1A (T1A) and Terminal E (T1E); expected to be opened in the course of this month. The recognition comes after the official opening of the airport’s new Terminal 2, a prefab terminal with a capacity to handle 2.5 million passengers annually and which caters for both international and domestic departures and arrivals.
The additional capacity injected by the new terminal brings the capacity of JKIA to 7.5 million passengers annually. JKIA at the moment handles an estimated 6.5 million passengers annually.
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We would never have won that award if passengers were still experiencing congestions and delays or overcrowding at the airport
Those are the facts, a wise man will swallow them and consider themselves schooled. Haya nisikie jimtu bado lina insist jkia capacity ni 5m, you can never argue with reality!!!
