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Macau International Airport will acquire a portion of the Taipa Ferry Terminal to handle airline overflow passengers. The surge is predicted to be in the millions, despite the temporary drop from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Macau Civil Aviation Authority (MCAA) announced this week.<\/p>\n

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A portion of the Taipa Ferry Terminal will be reassigned to the Macau International Airport because of predicted overflow in passengers after the coronavirus pandemic. (Image: Wikimedia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As envisioned, the eastern portion of the ferry terminal will be reassigned for airline passengers as soon as sometime next year, according to Inside Asian Gaming<\/em>. There will be somewhere between 12 to 16 check-in counters and four boarding gates, the report adds.<\/p>\n

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Air passengers will be able to check-in, drop off baggage, claim baggage, as well as go through security, immigration, and customs at the reassigned ferry building, Macau News<\/em> said. But they will have to board a bus to travel between the ferry terminal and the airport.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Currently, the drive between the buildings is about 1.8 miles. It takes some five minutes.<\/p>\n

The retrofitted section of the ferry terminal will handle an estimated 1.5 million to 2 million airline passengers a year. The passengers using the auxiliary complex will arrive or depart on four or more airlines.<\/p>\n

Last year, Macau\u2019s airport saw 9.6 million passengers. That is 16 percent over 2018 numbers.<\/p>\n

Airport Terminals Saturated<\/h2>\n

The airport\u2019s existing passenger terminals are \u201csaturated, and the unavailability of space in passenger terminals needs to be addressed,\u201d the MCAA said in a statement released on Thursday and based on volumes seen in times other than during the pandemic.<\/p>\n

As of mid-April, the number of landings and take-offs at the Macau airport plummeted. There are less than 10 a day, with fewer than 300 in April, the airport said in a statement.<\/p>\n

During Q1, Macau\u2019s airport saw about a 50 percent decline in passenger flow and a 25 percent drop in cargo contrasted to the first quarter of 2019, according to MacauBusiness.com<\/em>. The decline is a result of closed casinos, canceled visits, and multiple airlines postponing flights. But airlines are increasingly resuming flights to Macau.<\/p>\n

Also, Macau\u2019s airport retroactively cut fees charged to airlines for landings and take-offs between February and this month.<\/p>\n

The total reductions are approximately $2.4 million over the three-month period, according to\u00a0Inside Asian Gaming.\u00a0<\/em>Last month, Macau\u2019s airport said it was \u201chit hard\u201d by the pandemic in Q1 of this year.<\/p>\n

Macau GGR Declined<\/h2>\n

In March, Macau\u2019s gross gaming revenue<\/a> (GGR) saw an 80 percent decline year versus year. GGR could be worse in April, JP Morgan Securities (Asia Pacific) Ltd has projected.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe wouldn\u2019t be surprised to see Macau printing near-zero GGR until the restrictions at the Guangdong<\/a> border are lifted,\u201d JP Morgan said in recent projections. The dismal gaming levels and reduction in non-gambling travel continue to impact the number of flights going to Macau.<\/p>\n

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To lessen the difficulty travelers face at the Macau-Guangdong border, Macau is developing a health coding system<\/a> that could replace restrictions now in place with Guangdong Province, according to news reports. Since March, people from Guangdong must quarantine for two weeks after arriving in Macau.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

One added advantage with the airport taking over a portion of the ferry terminal is that passengers who flew on a plane and need to board a boat, or vice versa, will not have to go through comprehensive immigration and customs review, Inside Asian Gaming <\/em>said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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