New airport to boast aero bridges for 80% aircraft

Mumbai: Mumbai's proposed second airport envisages that more than 80% of the aircraft will have aerobridges for passengers to walk into terminals and board aircraft. And, if all goes as planned, hovercraft and catamarans will take Mumbaikars across the eastern water front right inside the Panvel creek to reach close to the airport.
With a formal announcement of the environmental clearance to the Navi Mumbai site for airport construction expected in the near future , on November 21 or 22, the state and the City and Industrial Development Corporation (Cidco) are busy finalizing their blueprint for the airport.
The first phase of airport, which expects to handle 10 million passengers per year, will see 25 aerobridges come up in the terminal building and one runway by 2014-15 . A total of 77 aerobridges and 27 remote gate terminals (from where one would have to walk down or board a bus up to the terminal or aircraft) will be built by 2030. This means, 104 aircraft will be able to park at a time to help passengers board or disembark the aircraft.
19/11/10 Chittaranjan Tembhekar/Times of India

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Categories: Airports Nov 2010