New Hyderabad airport developers plan expansion

Hyderabad: It is barely three weeks since the new international airport at Shamshabad near here commenced commercial operations, but its developers are already planning an expansion that will enable it to handle up to 20 million passengers a year.
Work on the next phase of the country's first greenfield airport in public-private partnership is expected to begin in six to nine months.
The modern airport with world-class facilities, which has come up at Shamshabad, about 30 km from the city, commenced commercial operations March 23. The old airport was located at Begumpet in the city.
Notwithstanding the initial glitches, the developers are confident that the ever-increasing air traffic movement at the facility would need expansion.
"We are already making plans for the expansion," a senior official of the GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd (GHIAL) said.
11/04/08 IANS/Economic Times

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Categories: Airports Apr 2008