Dedicated terminal for LCCs to come up at Kochi

Kochi: Cochin International Airport Ltd. (CIAL) will be setting-up a dedicated no-frills terminal for Low Cost Carriers (LCCs) at the Kochi International Airport by 2011. The terminal will be constructed at an estimated cost of Rs 100 crore during the third phase of the airport upgradation project that will commence before end of 2009, S Bharath, Managing Director, CIAL told TravelBiz Monitor on the sidelines of the Airport Expansion India Congress (AEIC) 2007 held recently at Hyatt Regency, Mumbai.
The proposed terminal will facilitate quicker turn-around-time and lower landing, parking and ground handling charges. Also, the terminal will have a single floor operation area for arriving and departing passengers of domestic as well as international LCCs. By opting for such an arrangement, the CIAL plans to do away with installation of travellators, escalators and aerobridges at the terminal. Adding to facilities at the terminal will be a parking apron, a car parking area, surface access infrastructure and a kerbside road.
29/11/07 Mayuresh Pawar/TravelBizMonitor

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