Taipa ferry terminal eyed for Macau airport expansion

Plans to use the Taipa Maritime Terminal in Cotai as an extension of the Macau International Airport are at an initial stage, the Secretary for Transport and Public Works Raimundo do Rosário has said.
The  airport received 9.6 million tourist arrivals last year, when it was designed only to receive 7.8 million annual passengers.
“The Pac On Terminal is huge and currently has more space, so we intend to use part of the terminal to create Terminal 2,” Rosário said  on the sidelines of a Legislative Assembly committee meeting.
According to him, the second terminal will be able to handle 1.4 million passengers a year.
Terminal 2 was said to be connected to the airport by a fenced off corridor.
According to the airport master plan report in March 2019, which was submitted to the central government, the plan noted that the expansion would be rolled out in two phases.
The first development phase has been set to receive a capacity of 11 million passengers – which corresponds to the baseline forecast traffic for 2025 – while the second phase could accommodate up to 15 million passengers.
This phase corresponds to the demand level projected in 2033 and 2041 for the high scenario and baseline, respectively.
This master plan was approved by the SAR government in July 2016 and was incorporated into the Five-Year Development Plan of the Macau SAR (2016-2020).