The first passengers for a new departure hall in Keflavik

The first passengers walked through a new departure hall of Keflavik Airport today. The hall is in the east side of the terminal, but construction on it began in 2021. The aluminum counts a total of about 25,000 square meters and is over 30% of the terminal expansion as it has been in recent years. Three new restaurants have already opened in the new building. The change is both passengers and staff for increased comfort.

The project costs just under ISK 30 billion and is on schedule, both in terms of time and costs. Six new departure sides in the East are now being added to the existing 18, of which four are gates with a gang all the way to the airplane.

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The departure hall is in fact another phase of the East, but in 2023 the ground floor was put into operation, which hosts a new bag with new purse belts, then a new luggage system in the basement of the building was put into use for the strategy for the staff.

Real testing was done on activities in the departure hall today when some of the passengers went through and through a bus. Then a new aircraft parking space will be opened over the next three Wednesdays, so the first passengers will walk around a new gang next week. It is scheduled to open the departure hall formally in March.

Stores and restaurants have been updated in the terminal building in the past 24 months. The new Austurlman is just connected to the old building where the old bar was, but there is a new Mathöll with three new restaurants.

La Trattoria is an Italian restaurant and a wine bar, which is also in the Gallery Hafnartorg. Zocalo is a Mexican restaurant owned by Icelanders and the Hamburg place Yuzu should be known, but he is in five locations in the capital area and in Hveragerði.

There has also been a restaurant that people can apply for if they want to catch something quick, the so-called « Grab and Go site ».

On the third floor of the East will be the future border from Iceland and it is ready for interiors. The fourth floor will then host offices and staff facilities. In parallel with the construction of the East, changes have been made to the airplane, which includes the development of a new fuel system, so that the machines no longer need to be filled with tank cars.

The value of airports is approaching 300 billion

Construction of the Austurbinn began in 2021 and when all is considered; The Austur Ocean, the aircraft parking space and the landing is the cost of construction of ISK 29.5 billion.

Guðmundur Dadi Rúnarsson, Managing Director of Business and Development at Keflavik Airport, says that the construction period has been successful and the implementation is on schedule or within the tolerances, both when it comes to time and costs.

The building is a total of 25,000 square meters, which Guðmundur Dadi says is a 30% expansion of the existing 80,000 square meters. In comparison, the base area of ​​Harpa is about 30 thousand square meters.

Guðmundur Dadi Rúnarsson, Managing Director of Business and Development at Keflavik Airport, says a new spacious departure hall improves facilities for passengers a lot. Then he says it is very important to get more landings directly into the machine.

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Strengthens the stadium as a connecting station

The East Case rises 31 meters from the ground, but in comparison, the towers of Akureyri Church are 26 meters from the ground. The building is 66 meters wide, which is approximately a full -size football field and its length is 124.5 meters, somewhat longer than three full -size handball pitches.

Asked about the so -called re -installation of Keflavik Airport, Guðmundur says it has not been calculated, but based on what the construction projects have now cost, it can be expected to approach ISK 300 billion.

Guðmundur says the Austurbram is an important role in improving the quality of the airport and strengthening it as a connecting station and improving its competitiveness. Elman makes the next phase in the development of Keflavik Airport in fact.

A bedright bag room was put into operation 2023.

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The bag room is bedridden and improves all luggage delivery. A new luggage system also makes luggage delivery more effective.

A new spacious departure hall improves the facilities for passengers a lot, according to Guðmundur. Then he says it is very important to get more landings directly into the machine. There has been a great pleasure to add such a breeze, both from passengers and airlines.

« The new restaurant area, of course, increases options for airport guests, » he says.

When the departure hall opens, he will, according to Guðmundur Dad, only benefit passengers traveling within the Schengen area, ie. within Europe.

« But this will be both Icelanders and connecting passengers and when the borders out of the country open on the third floor, about half of all connectors will go through this building. »

Real testing was done on activities in the departure hall today when some of the passengers went through and through a bus.

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A total of about 400,000 square meters in the future

According to Keflavik Airport's Development Plan until 2045, the terminal's expansion is aiming for a total of about 400 thousand square meters. According to Guðmundur, it is well -versed in the extent of the growth of the business and that there is sufficient space at the terminal for passengers and staff.

Construction is expected to start on the next large phase of the expansion in the summer of 2026 and more and less construction can be expected to be underway until 2045.

It is expected to open the first part of a new 500 meter long-term eastern trap of about eight years, but according to 10 years of programs, which are currently being updated, they are expected to be ready by 20-25 departure side with land tunnels, which will take care of about 13 million passengers around the airport today.

Guðmundur Dadi says that in the next 10-15 years Isavia can double the outlook of the terminal at Keflavik Airport.

The Austrian terminal in all its power. You can see how it is connected to the old terminal building on the left side of the picture.

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