Bial plans terminal for budget flyers

Bangalore: The operator of the new airport here, Bangalore International Airport Ltd, or Bial, plans to build a terminal for low-cost airlines, which would be the country’s first, as it gears up for rapid growth that could congest the terminal opened in May.
Nearly a third of air travellers to Bangalore fly budget airlines such as the Deccan Aviation Ltd-run Simplifly Deccan or Spicejet Ltd. The new airport can handle around 12 million passengers in its first year of operation.
“It is a most promising solution because it can be realized fast and take a portion of passengers,” said Bial chief executive Albert Brunner, adding its board will consider the plan in July in addition to a second terminal and runway.
The terminal could be ready by December 2009.
16/06/08 K Raghu/Livemint

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Categories: Airports Jun 2008, Low Cost General Jun 2008