A new airport construction is
being commenced in Khusigt valley, where the first airplanes were taken off and
landed. Khusigt valley is located in 60 km distance from the capital. The first
step of the airport construction is flood dam, electricity transmission lines
and communication cable.

Prime Minister S.Batbold, some
officials of the Government and Japanese Ambassador to Mongolia Shimuzu
Takenory took part at the airport foundation lay ceremony on Monday.

S.Batbold noted that the
Government of Mongolia has intensified civil air service development in frame
of program between 2008 and 2012. The Government of Mongolia and Japan Bank for
International Cooperation have negotiated soft loan agreement of 28.8 billion
yen in 2008 for the airport’s construction work. He added that the airport
facilities will meet international standards and contribute to civil air
service stable development.

The Premier also said that railway
and auto freight center will be established and a new suburb with 100,000
populations will be built along the airport. Besides, the new airport will provide
possibility to stopover foreign flights from Europe and North America. The
airport will also contribute to Mongolia’s regions economics development, will
generate jobs and will open feasibility of foreign investment.

Having 30 structures the new
airport that will have two runaways and will meet flight security standards. Airport
terminal will serve 1,100 passengers for an hour and it will annually serve a
million and 650,000 passengers within 2019. Its annual capacity of goods
freight is 11,900 tons and aerodrome monitoring will use 4E system.