As Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA) gets busier, with passenger traffic growing at an unexpected rate of 13.7% over the last year to cross 41.67 million in 2015-16, the airport operator Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL), owned by GVK Group, is forced to increase its capacity to 50-52 million passengers annually.
The company has lined up an expansion plan of Rs 3,500-crore, reveals the latest sustainability report released by MIAL.
According to an earlier projection by MIAL for 2015-16, the passenger movement was estimated to reach 35 million. However, MIAL reported movement of 41.67 million passengers during the year.
According to MIAL, the traffic has grown at least 4 years before its target.
MIAL, which, as a concessionaire, is mandated with redevelopment and expansion of airport activities at CSIA has a slew of plans for further expansion which included upgrading of the runway capacity to 48 aircraft movement per hour during peak hours from 45 at present. On rare occasions, the number of flight movements even touched 52, the company CEO RK Jain wrote in the preface.
12/10/16 Shahkar Abidi/dna
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The company has lined up an expansion plan of Rs 3,500-crore, reveals the latest sustainability report released by MIAL.
According to an earlier projection by MIAL for 2015-16, the passenger movement was estimated to reach 35 million. However, MIAL reported movement of 41.67 million passengers during the year.
According to MIAL, the traffic has grown at least 4 years before its target.
MIAL, which, as a concessionaire, is mandated with redevelopment and expansion of airport activities at CSIA has a slew of plans for further expansion which included upgrading of the runway capacity to 48 aircraft movement per hour during peak hours from 45 at present. On rare occasions, the number of flight movements even touched 52, the company CEO RK Jain wrote in the preface.
12/10/16 Shahkar Abidi/dna
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