Construction Of New Terminal Building To Start At Chennai Airport!

In a bid to expand the Chennai Airport, Airports Authority Of India(AAI) has announced that it will soon start the construction of a new terminal building.

Here are all the details about the expansion plan –

• The construction work will start by end of July 2018.
• The new terminal building is part of airport’s “Phase 2” of the expansion plan.
• It is estimated that the terminal building will cost Rs 2000 crores.
• The new building will be an integrated terminal, which will have the capacity to handle both domestic and international passengers.
• Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has been given the contract to construct the new terminal.
• The terminal building is expected to be ready in 4 years.
• AAI is also planning to build a multi-level car parking on either side of the Chennai Airport metro station.

Demolition of the old “Kamaraj Domestic Terminal” began in March 2018, which is almost complete. Subsequently, the “Anna International Terminal” will also be pulled down.

Airport authorities are planning to invite Prime minister Narendra Modi for the foundation stone-laying ceremony. AAI officials have said that this is the next big step in the expansion of the Chennai Airport and it would be great if the PM can come and lay down the foundation stone.

The new terminal is expected to increase the peak-hour passenger capacity by 1000 and 4800 in the domestic and international wings, respectively. The international wing will be allotted more space as peak-hour footfall is expected to be at least 7,000.

As part of phase 2 of expansion, AAI is also building new taxiways to improve flight operations at the Chennai Airport, however, for this purpose, a few flights will get rescheduled and the main runway will be closed for a few hours every day, for about 9 months

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