Bangalore: The new terminal - Terminal 1A -- at the Bengaluru International Airport (BIA) is expected to handle upto 2 crore passengers a year from the present 1.14 crore.
Besides throwing open T1A on Saturday by chief minister Siddaramaiah, the BIA will be renamed as Nadaprabhu Kempegowda International Airport (NKIA) after the founding father of Bangalore.
With the expansion, the airport will be able to earn huge revenues from the passengers. Infrastructure development minister SR Patil told reporters on Friday that the survey conducted by the National Council of Applied Economic Research has estimated that the average income to the state from every passenger is about Rs 11,500. "Taking this as a base, the state is expected to earn Rs 23,000 crore a year from 2 crore passengers," he said.
With the commissioning of the additional terminal, BIA is poised to overtake Chennai International Airport as the third largest Airport in the country, while Delhi and Mumbai international airports are ranked first and second respectively. After the expansion, BIA would be in the third place as far as passenger handling is concerned, he said.
13/12/13 Anil Kumar M/Times of India
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Besides throwing open T1A on Saturday by chief minister Siddaramaiah, the BIA will be renamed as Nadaprabhu Kempegowda International Airport (NKIA) after the founding father of Bangalore.
With the expansion, the airport will be able to earn huge revenues from the passengers. Infrastructure development minister SR Patil told reporters on Friday that the survey conducted by the National Council of Applied Economic Research has estimated that the average income to the state from every passenger is about Rs 11,500. "Taking this as a base, the state is expected to earn Rs 23,000 crore a year from 2 crore passengers," he said.
With the commissioning of the additional terminal, BIA is poised to overtake Chennai International Airport as the third largest Airport in the country, while Delhi and Mumbai international airports are ranked first and second respectively. After the expansion, BIA would be in the third place as far as passenger handling is concerned, he said.
13/12/13 Anil Kumar M/Times of India
