GMR group completes Istanbul terminal

Istanbul: An Indian welcome awaits travellers arriving at Istanbul’s Sabiha Gokcen airport. The Bangalore-based GMR group is a part of a consortium that has completed the new terminal here in record 18 months.
The completion of the project makes GMR the first Indian private sector company to successfully complete an airport project abroad.
The new airport project, being undertaken at a cost of more than Rs 3,100 crore, will have an eventual passenger handling capacity of 25 million annually. It will provide direct employment opportunities to over 1,500 people and indirectly to many more through outsourcing, GMR officials said. The airport currently handles 5 million passengers annually.
The new terminal was inaugurated by the Turkish Prime Minister, Mr Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The Minister for Civil Aviation, Mr Praful Patel, and the Malaysian Transport Minister, Mr Y. B. Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat, were also present at the ceremony.
The new terminal will become operational on November 9, with Turkish Airlines starting operations to seven European destinations including London, Moscow, Amsterdam and Berlin.
31/10/09 Ashwini Phadnis/BusinessLine

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