Now, BIA charts an Airport City

As the Bengaluru International Airport (BIA) gets into an expansion mode, the promoters of the new greenfield aerodrome have announced grandiose plans to construct an ‘Airport City’ within the premises of BIA.
The new announcement comes close on the heels of the BIA going public with its move to immediately construct a separate terminal for budget airlines, besides a second runway and terminal building later.
The Airport City, meanwhile, will be spread over 215 acres and witness over a million people live and work in BIA. “What a passenger sees on the airport premises today is only phase one — the tip of the iceberg! The future vision of this airport is on the lines of building an aerotropolis. An aerotropolis is a city in which the layout, infrastructure and economy are centred around a major airport,” according to officials of the BIA.
Aviation experts in the field are of the opinion that airports of the 21st century will shape business location and urban development, as much as sea-ports did in the 18th century, railroads in the 19th century and highways in the 20th century.
The Airport City will create one lakh jobs for qualified people. It can be accessed by a ringed network transport system consisting wide three lane roads, dedicated perimeter bus lanes with bus stands located at strategic points with overbridge/underpass pedestrian connections.
23/06/08 S Praveen Dhaneshkar/Deccan Herald

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Categories: Airports Jun 2008, New Jun 2008