Calcutta’s dream airport taking shape

Calcutta’s dream airport is finally taking shape — on paper.
An integrated international and domestic terminal. An exclusive international terminal with special facilities for passenger arrival and departure. Parking bays to handle jumbo aircraft. A network of roads with flyovers and underpasses for uninterrupted traffic flow...
These are the highlights of the detailed project report (DPR) for the new-look Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, to which officials in the civil aviation ministry are giving the finishing touches.
“The DPR on the modernisation of Calcutta airport is in the final stages and we are working on the finer details. It will be finalised by next month,” K. Ramalingam, chairman, Airports Authority of India (AAI), told Metro from Delhi.
The projected cost of the airport makeover stood at Rs 1,500 crore, but the final cost is yet to be worked out, added the chairman.
According to AAI sources, the Calcutta airport modernisation programme should be implemented before the Commonwealth Games in Delhi in 2010.
The DPR outlines plans for two new terminals at the airport — an integrated large one for domestic and international flights, and another relatively small one just for international flights.
13/06/07 Sanjay Mandal/The Telegraph

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Categories: Airports Jun 2007, New Jun 2007