Virus Outbreak: Airport to reduce boarding gates: LinEFFICIENCY: With passenger traffic plunging, Taoyuan Airport is to close 20 of its 38 boarding gates from today to save on costs and facilitate renovations, the transport minister saidBy Shelley Shan / Staff reporter, Tamsui District, New Taipei CityStarting today, more than half of the boarding gates at the Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport are to be closed as the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a sharp decline in passenger traffic at the nation’s largest airport, Minister of Transportation and Communications Lin Chia-lung (林佳龍) said yesterday. We have been renovating some of the airport’s facilities and would start closing some boarding gates. Passengers would enter and depart through designated gates, which will allow us to save on personnel and maintenance costs,” Lin said. An airport employee yesterday walks along a travelator at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport. Terminal Three would be opened in three stages, with the north concourse scheduled to be completed by 2024, the company said.

Source: Taipei Times April 16, 2020 15:56 UTC