Sri Lanka, June 16 -- The development of Terminal 1 and Terminal 2 at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) in Katunayake, slated to begin shortly, is expected to ease heavy passenger congestion and transform the airport into a major South Asian aviation hub.

Particularly, the Terminal 1 expansion project aims to significantly increase the overall passenger handling capacity of the airport by modernising the departure and arrival areas, check-in and boarding facilities, and immigration and transit areas.

This project is expected to add an additional handling capacity of more than 500,000 passengers annually, over and above the current capacity.

Similarly, under the Terminal 2 project, plans are underway to construct a new passen...