Bengaluru: Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) completed 10 years on Thursday. Over the past decade, Bangalore International Airport Ltd (BIAL) has introduced various facilities to improve the passenger experience, including KSRTC Flybus, taxi zones, free baby stroller services and heli-taxis. Hari Marar, managing director and CEO, BIAL, spoke to TOI about the airport expansion plans and challenges lying ahead. Excerpts:
What are the major achievements of KIA in the past decade?
From serving 10 million passengers in 2008 to 26.9 million in 2018, we have steadily grown to become the third largest airport in the country. To keep up with such unprecedented growth and at the same time enable a seamless passenger experience is our greatest achievement.
What facilities can air passengers look forward to in the next 10 years?
Having partnered with Accenture to set up a digital roadmap for the airport, BIAL aims to introduce innovative services and products. Passengers can expect a multimodal transport hub at the airport. The need of the hour is to integrate airport access into city planning to improve the transport system. The second terminal with a garden will blend with the ethos of Bengaluru as a Garden City.
Will there be separate terminals for domestic and international flights once T2 is ready?
T2 is being designed as an integrated terminal to handle both domestic and international passengers. The final allocation of airline slots and traffic will depend on how the scenario evolves.
27/05/18 Christin Mathew Philip/Times of India
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What are the major achievements of KIA in the past decade?
From serving 10 million passengers in 2008 to 26.9 million in 2018, we have steadily grown to become the third largest airport in the country. To keep up with such unprecedented growth and at the same time enable a seamless passenger experience is our greatest achievement.
What facilities can air passengers look forward to in the next 10 years?
Having partnered with Accenture to set up a digital roadmap for the airport, BIAL aims to introduce innovative services and products. Passengers can expect a multimodal transport hub at the airport. The need of the hour is to integrate airport access into city planning to improve the transport system. The second terminal with a garden will blend with the ethos of Bengaluru as a Garden City.
Will there be separate terminals for domestic and international flights once T2 is ready?
T2 is being designed as an integrated terminal to handle both domestic and international passengers. The final allocation of airline slots and traffic will depend on how the scenario evolves.
27/05/18 Christin Mathew Philip/Times of India
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