Austria: Vienna Airport begins $563m terminal modernization program

Vienna International Airport (VIE) has launched a E500m investment program for a large-scale terminal modernization. The project includes the renovation of Terminal 2 (T2), the Pier East and construction of a large 70,000 sq m building, the “T3 Southern Enlargement.” Construction will take four years and work should be completed by 2023. To ensure the construction project is implemented on time and on budget, the company has massively expanded its construction management team. “Reliability and comfort are essential to ensure passenger satisfaction, above all when passenger development is booming as much as it is at Vienna Airport at present. Quality and security are the top priorities for us,” explained Julian Jäger and Günther Ofner, members of the management board of Flughafen Wien AG. T2, constructed in the 1960s, is one of the oldest buildings at the airport site. Located between T1 and T3, T2 will play an important role in future airport operations, featuring central security checkpoint and additional baggage carousels. From today’s perspective, the new T2 is scheduled to come on stream by the end of 2020.<br/>