With the Union Cabinet approving the construction of a Rs 24.67-billion -terminal, the Chennai airport is expected to see its passenger handling capacity going up from the current 17 million passengers per annum (mppa) to up to 35 mppa. Last year, it handled around 20.5 mppa.
AAI is awaiting clearance for the project from the State Pollution Control Board, which is expected sometime soon, to award the tender. The authority has shortlisted L&T as the successful bidder, according to sources.
The aircraft capacity is also expected to go up from the current 36 aircrafts an hour to around 42, according to senior officials from Airport Authority of India (AAI).
The total built up area of the proposed terminal building is 3,36,000 square metres. The terminal will incorporate green building features with an aim to achieve GRIHA-4 Star rating. The building would be able to handle the number of passengers projected to hit in 2026-27, said a government release.
An AAI official said that even though the current capacity is only 17 million, the airport handled 20.36 million passengers, both international and domestic, in 2017-18. This was 11 per cent growth from 18.36 million in 2016-17 while the passenger handling was at 15.22 million during the year.
The airport beefed up its manpower from 1200 employees to 1600 recently and added 18 automatic check-in machines to handle the increasing passenger traffic better.
04/05/18 Gireesh Babu/Business Standard
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AAI is awaiting clearance for the project from the State Pollution Control Board, which is expected sometime soon, to award the tender. The authority has shortlisted L&T as the successful bidder, according to sources.
The aircraft capacity is also expected to go up from the current 36 aircrafts an hour to around 42, according to senior officials from Airport Authority of India (AAI).
The total built up area of the proposed terminal building is 3,36,000 square metres. The terminal will incorporate green building features with an aim to achieve GRIHA-4 Star rating. The building would be able to handle the number of passengers projected to hit in 2026-27, said a government release.
An AAI official said that even though the current capacity is only 17 million, the airport handled 20.36 million passengers, both international and domestic, in 2017-18. This was 11 per cent growth from 18.36 million in 2016-17 while the passenger handling was at 15.22 million during the year.
The airport beefed up its manpower from 1200 employees to 1600 recently and added 18 automatic check-in machines to handle the increasing passenger traffic better.
04/05/18 Gireesh Babu/Business Standard
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