Patna: The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has shortlisted Synergy Company to design the model of proposed civil enclave at Bihta airbase. Commercial flight operations are slated to commence from there.
Patna airport director Rajender Singh Lahauria said on Monday the company’s representatives with AAI officials would visit Bihta on January 4 for the initial survey. The state government has already transferred 108 acre land to the AAI for Bihta civil enclave.
AAI has targeted to commence construction work soon after the foundation laying of the new Patna airport terminal building in 2019. Lahauria said the built-up area of the proposed terminal building at Bihta would be approximately 50,000sq metres. Over Rs350 crore is estimated to be spent on the project. “Once completed, the airport will have the capacity to handle 2.5 million passengers per annum,” he said.
Lahauria also discussed the ongoing progress at the city airport. “In a recent meeting between Union minister of state for civil aviation Jayant Sinha and the AAI, we discussed how to decongest the existing terminal building at Patna airport. We also discussed about new terminal building and security upgrades,” he told mediapersons.
The airport director said the number of passengers had increased five times at the city airport since 2012-13 and it was likely to cross 40 lakhs by March 2019.
01/01/19 Fayal Rumi/Times of India
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Patna airport director Rajender Singh Lahauria said on Monday the company’s representatives with AAI officials would visit Bihta on January 4 for the initial survey. The state government has already transferred 108 acre land to the AAI for Bihta civil enclave.
AAI has targeted to commence construction work soon after the foundation laying of the new Patna airport terminal building in 2019. Lahauria said the built-up area of the proposed terminal building at Bihta would be approximately 50,000sq metres. Over Rs350 crore is estimated to be spent on the project. “Once completed, the airport will have the capacity to handle 2.5 million passengers per annum,” he said.
Lahauria also discussed the ongoing progress at the city airport. “In a recent meeting between Union minister of state for civil aviation Jayant Sinha and the AAI, we discussed how to decongest the existing terminal building at Patna airport. We also discussed about new terminal building and security upgrades,” he told mediapersons.
The airport director said the number of passengers had increased five times at the city airport since 2012-13 and it was likely to cross 40 lakhs by March 2019.
01/01/19 Fayal Rumi/Times of India
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