BIA declares new runway open
April 6, 2017 09:25 am
The runway that was under renovation at the Bandaranayake International Airport (BIA) was declared opened, earlier today (6).
The new runway is now 3350 meters long ad 75 meters wide, and now is able to accommodate the landing of an Airbus “A380”, and has had its old electrical lights replaced by the more current digital ones.
The cost of the renovation is estimated to have cost the government a total of Rs.7.2 billion.
Hence, all functions at the BIA will return back to normal after midnight today (6).
