Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Bengaluru airport T2 phase-1 by 2021, will handle 20 mn more flyers

Bangalore International Airport Ltd (BIAL), the company that runs the international airport in India's technology hub said it will begin building a second runway and terminal in 2016 and expects to complete its first phase to handle 20 million additional passengers by 2021.

The second terminal (T2) would be constructed over two phases to handle 35 million passengers a year, a BIAL statement said. The T1 and T2 combined could potentially handle 55 million passengers. The cost of the project was not disclosed.

GVK group owned BIAL has commissioned US architectural firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) to design the terminal 2 (T2). It will also expand the terminal 1 to accomodate growth till the first phase of the second terminal is completed.
19/01/16 Business Standard
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