KONE To Supply 206 Elevators to Xi’an International Airport

KONE won an order to supply a vertical-transportation (VT) package that includes 163 Monospace^® and 43 TranSys^TM elevators to an expansion of the Xi’an Xianyang International Airport in Xixian New District, China. The VT package also includes the E-Link^TM remote-monitoring system and two years of standard maintenance. Located 26 km from Xi’an’s city center and 13 km from Xianyang’s city center, the airport is growing to accomodate approximately 83 million passengers and 1 million mT of cargo and mail by 2030. The main contractor for the expansion is Western Airport Group, working with lead architects China Architecture Northwest Design and Research Institute Co. Ltd. Work is expected to be fully complete in 2024.