Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/05/01
By: Yu Hsiao-han and Frances Huang

Taipei, May 1 (CNA) The Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, the country’s main gateway, will continue to deal with problems concerning rising electricity consumption, runway congestion and a clogged sewer system, three of the major headaches faced by the airport, the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) said Wednesday.

Yeh Hsieh-lung (葉協隆), acting director-general of the MOTC’s Department of Navigation and Aviation, said at a press conference that after an annual checkup, the airport still suffers from the three problems, even though the MOTC has budgeted NT$199.9 billion (US$6.47 billion) over the 2018-2031 period to improve fundamental facilities of the airport.

Yeh said the Taoyuan International Airport Corp. (TIAC), which operates the airport, will continue to address the problems at a time when the airport has seen the volume of flights increasing.

According to TIAC, the airport needs to handle 700 to 800 flights per day, up 86.7 percent in a single decade, with the peak flight volume at almost 50 per hour.    [FULL  STORY]