Friday, November 09, 2012

Trial run at Biju Patnaik airport's new terminal

Kolkata/ Bhubaneswar: The swanky new domestic terminal at the Biju Patnaik airport in the city had a successful trial run on Thursday with the landing of Air India flight- AI 9604 from Port Blair carrying about 20 passengers.
“The trial run is successfully completed at the arrival terminal and the departure terminal is likely to be completed by November-end. The terminal will be inaugurated by December end,” said Sharad Kumar, director - Airports Authority of India (AAI)-Bhubaneswar.
The new terminal with a total built-up area of around 200,000 sq ft at a cost of around Rs 100 crore is centrally air-conditioned with peak hour capacity of 800 passengers.
09/11/12 Business Standard
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