The Offices of McFarlane Biggar (OMB) Architects in Vancouver has been selected to lead the design team for the Victoria International Airport terminal expansion. Victoria-based Durwest Construction Management (DCM) will manage the project.
Victoria Airport Authority (VAA) is investing $19.4 million dollars over the next 27 months to expand the lower passenger departure lounge.
The 35,000 square foot terminal expansion project includes doubling the size of the existing lower passenger departure lounge, providing dedicated aircraft gates and covered walkways, new washrooms and additional food & beverage and retail.
Victoria International Airport (YYJ) saw another record year in 2017 with 1,934,832 passengers, up 4.2 per cent over 2016. In response to this strong passenger growth and the use of larger aircraft in existing markets, construction of a 1765 m2 addition to the lower passenger departure lounge is set to begin.
“The upsizing of aircraft from 30-50 seat Dash-8’s to 76-80 seat Q400’s combined with passenger growth has driven the need to expand our lower passenger departures lounge. This is part of a multi-phase terminal and apron expansion plan,” said VAA president and CEO, Geoff Dickson.
The need to improve safety on the main aircraft apron and create efficiencies for passengers entering and exiting the passenger departure lounge, resulted in the airport recently completing an apron expansion that now accommodates the physical space required to expand the glass departure building north and eliminate the existing covered walkway. These improvements will not only improve overall safety and operations but will also enhance the airport experience for customers by providing additional seating, new accessibility considerations and enhanced concessions.
