Sunday, December 06, 2015

Hyderabad Airport capacity expansion work may start next yr: GMR

Hyderabad, Dec 6(PTI) GMR group, which manages Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) here, is likely to start the terminal expansion work next fiscal to accommodate 20 million passengers per annum against 12 millions at present, a top official said .
S G K Kishore, CEO of GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd (GHIAL), said it will have a capacity to handle 100,000 tonnes of cargo by the end of the current fiscal as against 80,000 tonnes last year."

We may start the expansion work during next year which will have 20 million passengers per annum," Kishore told reporters on the sidelines of a CII programme.

RGIA was inaugurated on March 14, 2008, with an initial capacity of 12 million passengers per annum (MPPA) and 150,000 tonnes of cargo handling capacity per annum.

The Project has the flexibility to increase capacity to accommodate over 40 MPPA and shall be developed in a phased manner.
06/12/15 Niti Central
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