Calcutta: Calcutta airport will get 16 more aerobridges and some much-needed airside upgrades during the second phase of modernisation, to be carried out by a private operator whose role would extend to managing the facilities.
The aerobridges in the blueprint will be along a 200-metre air-conditioned corridor parallel to the old domestic terminal building. Airport officials said they would be installed over the next two to three years.
“This is part of the second phase of modernisation. Of the new aerobridges, 12 will be for domestic operations and four for international services,” airport director B.P. Sharma told Metro.
The aerobridges meant for domestic operations would arrive first.
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) had last week invited bids for a concessionaire to build several facilities, many of them on the airside, with an estimated budget of Rs 700 crore.
23/09/13 Sanjay Mandal/Telegraph
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The aerobridges in the blueprint will be along a 200-metre air-conditioned corridor parallel to the old domestic terminal building. Airport officials said they would be installed over the next two to three years.
“This is part of the second phase of modernisation. Of the new aerobridges, 12 will be for domestic operations and four for international services,” airport director B.P. Sharma told Metro.
The aerobridges meant for domestic operations would arrive first.
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) had last week invited bids for a concessionaire to build several facilities, many of them on the airside, with an estimated budget of Rs 700 crore.
23/09/13 Sanjay Mandal/Telegraph
