Varanasi airport to get remote-control opening

Lucknow: The swanky new integrated terminal at the Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport at Varanasi is all set for a formal inauguration on August 3 by Union minister for civil aviation Praful Patel through a remote control device, in New Delhi.
Alongwith four other airports in different parts of the country, Thiruvanathapuram, Shillong and Gagan sattelite navigation system in Bangalore, Varanasi Airport will be will be formally inaugurated while the foundation stone for the Bhubaneswar airport will also be laid through remote control in the same event.
Built at a cost of 94 crore by Lanco Infratech, the infrastructure arm of the Hyderabad-based Lanco Group, the new integrated terminal building at Varanasi will cater to both domestic and international passengers and has come up on 26,000 sq mts area adjacent to the present airport building. While it is capable of handling 4 lakh annual movement at present, post modernisation it will be capable of handling 800 passengers per hour.
Speaking to FE, airport director Varanasi SK Siddh said the structure is equipped with all modern passenger amenities such as central air conditioning system, four escalators, five lifts and would have two aerobridges, walkways; in-line baggage screening for check-in, etc.
30/07/10 Deepa Jainani/Financial Express

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Categories: Airports Jul 2010, New Jul 2010