MTTALA RAJAPAKSA AIRPORT
This project was started by president Mahinda rajapaksha November 27 the year 2009 with an investment put in of 209 million dollars. The airport is aimed to assist development in the country, through increasing both international and domestic travel capacity and transport efficiency, and also to offer support to the other transport industries like the Magampura Mahinda Rjapaksa Port and the bandaranayake International Airport.
The new international airport project at Maththala is being carried out in phases including a $200m first phase of work to build a 3,500m runway with a width of 75m, capable of accommodating four aircrafts at the same time.
passenger terminal building equipped with the latest baggage handling
mechanisms, a cargo loading/Unloading and storage facilities, A 41 meter
air traffic controlling unit, Two air bridges with navigating
capabilities and finally a jumbo jet passenger terminal. At the
finalization of this phase, the airport will be able to handle four
airplanes in the same time and one million passengers per year. 
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