Mumbai Airport to have a separate LCC terminal by 2012

Mumbai: Triggered by high growth of passenger movements recorded by the no-frill airlines, the Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) will be setting-up an integrated low-cost terminal for the Low-Cost Carriers (LCCs) by 2012 at an estimate cost of more than Rs 250 crore. The MIAL consortium, which is carrying out up gradation and expansion of the Chattrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA) plans to shift the existing domestic terminal at Santa Cruz to the international terminal situated at Sahar to make a dedicated low-cost terminal.
The proposed LCC terminal will have 150 check-in counters, 15 rapid taxi-bays, parking slots for more than 60 aircrafts and car parking space to accommodate over 5,000 vehicles. MIAL is planning to acquire more than 75,000 sq. mtrs. of land by rehabilitating the adjoining slums to develop rapid taxi-ways and parking slots.
"More than 10 LCCs are predicted to operate in the Indian skies in the next five years and there is an urgent requirement to upgrade the airports by having a full-fledged LCC terminal catering solely to the no-frill domestic and international carriers," stated Sanjay Reddy, Managing Director, MIAL.
15/12/07 Mayuresh Pawar/TravelBizMonitor

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Categories: Airports Dec 2007, Low Cost General Dec 2007