Bangalore: Starting this October, new facilities will ensure smoother passage for passengers at the Bengaluru International Airport (BIA), as the expansion work on the T-1 is nearing completion.
Airport authorities have started conducting various trials for the readiness of facilities, all of which would be made operational in phases from October. The T-1 expansion that would be able to handle about 20 million passengers annually has been taken up at a cost of about Rs. 1,500 crore.
The airport handled 12 million passengers and about 2.26 lakh tonnes of cargo in 2012. Commissioned in May 2008, the BIAL, in which the GVK group holds 43 per cent stake, had announced the expansion plan in 2011. In 2012 March/April, the airport runway had been closed partially for maintenance and upgrading.
Biweekly trials on the check-in counters along with trials on check-in bags with simulated passengers and flights have been initiated in collaboration with airlines, an update released by the airport’s operator, Bangalore International Airport Ltd., on Wednesday said.
The work on the check-in baggage make up process and security screening is in progress to keep the new infrastructure ready.
25/07/13 The Hindu
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Airport authorities have started conducting various trials for the readiness of facilities, all of which would be made operational in phases from October. The T-1 expansion that would be able to handle about 20 million passengers annually has been taken up at a cost of about Rs. 1,500 crore.
The airport handled 12 million passengers and about 2.26 lakh tonnes of cargo in 2012. Commissioned in May 2008, the BIAL, in which the GVK group holds 43 per cent stake, had announced the expansion plan in 2011. In 2012 March/April, the airport runway had been closed partially for maintenance and upgrading.
Biweekly trials on the check-in counters along with trials on check-in bags with simulated passengers and flights have been initiated in collaboration with airlines, an update released by the airport’s operator, Bangalore International Airport Ltd., on Wednesday said.
The work on the check-in baggage make up process and security screening is in progress to keep the new infrastructure ready.
25/07/13 The Hindu
