BIA upgrade: Duty free shops relocated at a cost of Rs 225mn
Airport and Aviation Services Sri Lanka (AASSL) has spent approximately Rs. 225mn to relocate all duty-free electronic shops at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA).
Ports, Shipping and Aviation Minister Nimal Siripla de Silva yesterday (03) declared opened the duty free shopping complex.
The scope of work consisted of the construction of a new electronic mall on the second floor of the new passenger terminal building, the shifting of 31 arrival duty-free shops from the first floor to the second floor, the installation of two escalators and two glass elevators, the construction of a structural steel staircase, the extension of three existing elevators, and the construction of four washroom blocks, etc.