India Shows Off New `World-Class Hub' at Delhi Airport

Passengers on international flights to and from New Delhi will soon no longer walk through the overcrowded building that has been the Indian capital’s gateway to the world for 24 years.
From July 14, they will instead enter a terminal designed by London architects HOK International and encased in sheets of glass etched with images of Indian dancers. With 78 gates, 97 automated walkways, 95 immigration counters, 20,000 square meters of retail space, and parking for 4,300 cars, the building is comparable to the aviation hubs of Dubai, Hong Kong, and Singapore, Bloomberg Businessweek reports in its July 5 issue.
The terminal, which with other renovations cost $2.2 billion, is a sign that India may be turning the corner on solving one of its most intractable problems, its notoriously poor infrastructure.
The facility took only 37 months to build. That’s faster than the 45 months China took to complete the terminal in Beijing that opened in time for the 2008 Olympics.
30/06/10 Subramaniam Sharma and Vipin V. Nair/Bloomberg.com

To Read the News in full at Source, Click the Headline

Categories: Airports Jul 2010, New Jul 2010