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May 21st, 2008 at 8:05 pm | Category: Hot & Breaking News, India News, World News

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Bengaluru International Airport (BIAL)

Airport type: Public
Owner: Bangalore International Airport Ltd. (BIAL)
Operator: Bangalore International Airport Ltd. (BIAL)
Serves: Bangalore, India
Location: Devanahalli, India

Website: http://www.bialairport.com

Cost: Rs 2,470 crore (approx. $600 Million USD)

The New Bengaluru Airport name was the new name of Bangalore.

Bengaluru International Airport is a 4,050-acre (16.4 km²) international airport.

It was expected to be inaugurated on March 30, 2008 but due to delays in Air Traffic Control (ATC) services, it starts its operations from 23 May 2008.

Information from wiki: Construction: The new airport was originally planned to accommodate 3.5 million passengers a year, but this has now been redesigned to handle 11 million passengers. The redesign will see an increase in the size of the terminal, number of aircraft stands, new taxiway layouts and supporting infrastructure. However, the redesign will be incorporated into the present project schedule as BIAL is committed to opening the new Bengaluru International Airport by the end of May 2008.

A plan is also being processed for a direct rail service from Bangalore Cantonment Railway Station to the Basement Rail terminal at the new International Airport. Access on the National Highway is being widened to a six lane expressway, with a 3 feet (0.91 m) boundary wall, construction is moving ahead.

A new expressway is planned to connect the International Airport to the City’s Ring Road. The Expressway, expected to be a tolled road, would begin at Hennur on the Outer Ring Road.

Airport specifications

Terminal: Check in counters at the Bangalore International AirportLayout:The passenger terminal is proposed as a single, fully air-conditioned, two-level building capable of accommodating international and domestic operations. The basement houses the retail storage, rest areas and services. The arrival and departure areas are separated vertically with a modern, simple, straight-ahead flow system. The domestic and international departure lounges, and the majority of the retail outlets are located on level 2 (first floor). The check-in facilities and baggage reclaim are located on level 1 (ground floor). The terminal is designed for ease of operation and minimum maintenance.

Capacity: The total floor area planned is approximately 71,000 square metres. The terminal building is designed to accommodate 2733 passengers at peak hour. The design reflects the best industry practice and caters for 24-hour-operations, under all weather conditions. All facilities provided will meet IATA standards.

Capacity: 12 million people per annum

Aircraft Movements: 30 per hour

Current expected aircraft movements: 440 in May 2008.

CUTE enabled check in counters: 53 and 18 self check in counters.

Gates: 20

Aero-bridges: 8, including one double arm and 9 remote bus bays.

Aircraft stands: 42. All 42 stands have a fueling pit. This first time in Indian airports that the parking stands have the fueling pits. The underground pits helps the aircraft to fuel from the stand itself.

Terminal parking: In the first phase of development, a car park for 2,000 cars in front of the terminal building at the ground level will be developed for the convenience of passengers and visitors to the airport.

Runway: The airport will have one runway when it commences operations in May 2008. The runway will be able to accommodate all types of aircraft including the Airbus A380. There are plans to build a second runway when the annual traffic of the airport reaches 18 million passengers per annum which is currently estimated to be around 2013-2014.

Length: 4000 meters

Width: 45 meters

Width plus light paved shoulders: 60 m

Orientation: 09/27

ICAO: 4E

New Bangalore Int. Airport - Trials video conducted on Mar 7th: