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4 | PEOPLE FLOW
KONE continues to contract major
orders for international airports.
In Oman, KONE is involved in the
most valuable infrastructure project in that
country’s history. The major expansion of
the Muscat International Airport will make
the airport one of the most important
transportation hubs in the Middle East.
KONE will supply 70 KONE MonoSpace®
and 52 KONE TranSys™ elevators, as well
as 60 KONE TravelMaster™ escalators and
39 KONE TransitMaster™ autowalks to the
passenger terminal.
In the US, KONE has an ongoing
modernization project of 44 escalators at
the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
Terminal. The innovative KONE EcoMod®,
which allows modernization without
removing the truss, will be utilized. The
escalators adjust the speed based on load
and usage, improving energy efficiency by
20 percent. The work will be carried out
with minimum disruption to the facility
and its users.
At Heathrow in the UK, KONE recently
secured an order to supply People Flow™
solutions to another satellite building at
the new Terminal 2. The solutions include
34 KONE MonoSpace® elevators and 6
KONE Motala™ platform elevators for
people with impaired mobility. The order
also includes 10 KONE TransitMaster™
140 heavy duty escalators and 8 KONE
TravelMaster™ 110 light duty escalators
as well as 12 autowalks.
The KONE elevator solutions come
with energy efficient KONE EcoDisc®
hoisting machines and regenerative drives.
These and many other KONE innovations
significantly improve carbon efficiency at
the world’s busiest airports. •
TAKE-OFF
POWER
KONE has worked for over a decade at
Heathrow, ensuring the smooth and efficient
flow of passengers in the terminals.
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