Eastern Aviation City Airport Project, Thailand
what
- The U-Tapao International Airport redevelopment project represents a significant investment with the goal of transforming the historical airport into a modern international aviation hub and business city, with an estimated project cost of SEK 100 billion. In addition to revamped airport terminals, the project also includes a free trade zone for commodities, a flight training center, and an aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul center
how
- The Project has an Airport City status with the goal of elevating U-Tapao Airport to become a regional aviation hub and business city
- Thai government planned to revamp the historical U-Tapao airport, which dates back to the Vietnam War and is located in the Pla subdistrict of the Baanchang district of the Rayong province. Revamped vision of U-Tapao International Airport is to see the post-war building become a new international airport occupying approximately 1,040 hectares of land
- Project start is more or less halted due to issues with the Eastern HSR project. Project is likely to commence after the issue with the Eastern HSR project is resolved.
call to action
Rail SPO and delegations to Sweden, leveraging previous work from 2024. Developing comprehensive Team Sweden package towards the buyer comprising of products/solutions from relevant Swedish companies, Swedish financing solutions (SEK/EKN and Swedfund), and education (NIR). Business Sweden as a catalyst in the Team Sweden constellation will be responsible for scouting of relevant companies, facilitating necessary meeting opportunities with project key stakeholders both on public and private side, together with Swedish Embassy in Bangkok. Alternatively, we could create a new Airport SPO.
Contact Kacper.Pierzynowski@business-sweden.se to learn more