ADB Central and Western Airports Development Project

ADB Central and Western Airports Development Project

 

 

As of 2008, Easen International won the contract for the ADB-financed Central and Western Airports Development Project, implemented for the HNA Airport Holding (Group) Co., Ltd. (which includes the Hainan Provincial Airlines Company). The project supports the expansion and Capital Expenditure Plan of the HNA Airport Group Company Ltd. (HAG) in order to privatize, rehabilitate, expand, upgrade, and operate medium and small airports in the central and western regions of China.

 

 

Established in October 2003, HAG is an airport investment and management company which invests and operates civil airports throughout China. Currently HAG has eleven portfolio airports which are medium or small feeder airports or non-hub airports. Six of these are located in the central and western regions, while the others are in relatively less-developed coastal regions.

 

Project components include:

 

  • Enhanced development of efficient medium and small airports in the less-developed central and western regions of China
  • Ease financial constraints faced by provincial or municipal governments by mobilizing private sector funding for airport development
  • Support economic growth in the central and western areas of China
  • Provide good infrastructure facilities for airport development
  • Improve aviation safety and overall services
  • Reduce the cost and time required for long-distance travel
  • Create employment opportunities

 

 

For this project, EASEN’s team of experts completed an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report, based on the relevant National Environmental Standards and the ADB’s Safeguard Policy Statement (2009). The report evaluates both the environmental and social impacts of each airport included in the project.

 

 

This project was implemented in 2008 and will be completed in September 2012.