DUSHANBE, May 14, 2014, Asia-Plus — Dushanbe International Airport (DIA) has purchased the Rapiscan Systems-produced screening equipment.
According to the Dushanbe airport press center, the walk-through metal detectors as well as equipment for luggage and cargo screening will be installed at the airport’s new international terminal.
Rapiscan Systems is a global privately held company that specializes in walk-through metal detectors, and x-ray machines for airport luggage and cargo screening. The company is owned by OSI Systems.
The company headquarters is in Torrance, California, which is the primary location for research and development, engineering, manufacturing, sales and marketing, and customer service support.
Meanwhile the work on construction of the new international terminal is going on and French company, VINCI, which is the general contractor for construction of the terminal, hopes that the terminal will be finished ahead of schedule, a source at the Dushanbe airport said.
We will recall that an official ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the international terminal at the Dushanbe airport took place on March 19, 2013.
According to information posted on VINCI’s website, VINCI Construction Grands Projets and VINCI Airports (VINCI Concessions) signed the €39m design-build contract for a new terminal at Dushanbe International Airport with the DIA (Dushanbe International Airport) company on April 27, 2012. Responding to a need for increased capacity at the airport, the new terminal will be able to handle 1.5 million passengers a year. It will provide top-quality services to passengers and airlines, in line with international standards. VINCI Construction Grands Projets is charged with the design and construction of the building, as well as supplying the operating equipment and systems. VINCI Airports, for its part, will be assisting the client with the functional definition of the terminal (organization of flows, operational equipment and systems specifications), assisting the airport teams during the planning and works stages, training staff and assisting with the commissioning of the terminal.
The overall space of the international terminal at the Dushanbe airport is expected to be 11,000 square meters and it will able to receive more than 5,000 passengers per hour. Specialists say the project will bring the Dushanbe airport up to international air traffic standards.
