Gandhinagar: After more than a decade’s talks and discussions, finally, the state government is taking concrete steps to realize the new Dholera international airport project, which will be named the New Ahmedabad Airport. The state government is in the final stages of signing a joint venture agreement with the Airports Authority of India (AAI) to develop the new airport situated about 80km from Ahmedabad. The agreement is expected to be signed in June 2018, work expected to begin by 2019, and the new airport expected to become operational by 2022, said sources close to the development.
With Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport expected to cross its maximum capacity of 18 million passengers a year by 2025-26, and with almost no option of expanding the existing airport, development of the new airport at Dholera has become a strategic necessity. A new SPV (special purpose vehicle) is expected to be formed shortly.
Manoj Gangal, director of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International (SVPI) airport, said that another airport for Ahmedabad is required sooner or later considering the rapid growth in passengers. “We have reported highest growth in domestic passengers in the country and we are at second position in the country, after Kolkata, in terms of growth of international passengers. Passenger footfall is doubled every three years,” Gangal said.
21/05/18 Kapil Dave/Times of India
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With Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport expected to cross its maximum capacity of 18 million passengers a year by 2025-26, and with almost no option of expanding the existing airport, development of the new airport at Dholera has become a strategic necessity. A new SPV (special purpose vehicle) is expected to be formed shortly.
Manoj Gangal, director of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International (SVPI) airport, said that another airport for Ahmedabad is required sooner or later considering the rapid growth in passengers. “We have reported highest growth in domestic passengers in the country and we are at second position in the country, after Kolkata, in terms of growth of international passengers. Passenger footfall is doubled every three years,” Gangal said.
21/05/18 Kapil Dave/Times of India
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