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Mumbai, Delhi will need a third airport soon

The long wait for the Navi Mumbai International Airport just got a bit longer. It will now start operations early to mid-2020, and not in December 2019, Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said yesterday.

The Navi Mumbai International Airport project was proposed in 1997. Since then, a host of issues, chiefly around land acquisition, have held up the project. In February last year, prime minister Narendra Modi officially inaugurated work on the project, with the first flight scheduled for “end 2019”. However, that deadline has now been pushed.

The Navi Mumbai International Airport is being developed on a public-private partnership basis between government agency CIDCO and GVK-Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL). One of the world’s top design firms, Zaha Hadid Architects, has been roped in for the project. The firm is also designing the upcoming Daxing mega-airport in Beijing.

But even the second airport won’t be enough. Mumbai and Delhi will need a third airport by 2040. The aviation ministry’s Vision 2040 document, unveiled at the Global Aviation Summit yesterday, forecasts a massive surge in air traffic in the coming years. It will spike six times to1.1 billion per year by 2040, with nearly 2,400 aircraft in the air. “India may have around 190-200 operational airports in 2040. Its top 31 cities may have two airports, and the cities of Delhi and Mumbai three each,” according to the document.

Source: Condé Nast Traveller

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Expansion plans at Budapest airport

“Our infrastructure investments go hand-in-hand with the growth of both passenger traffic and cargo volumes,” says Lammers. “The new 10,000sqm Pier B handed over last year has largely increased the comfort of our passengers flying to and from the non-Schengen destinations. We are planning a whole new series of investments into the airport infrastructure by the year 2024 ranging up to €700 million, including the design and construction of a brand new terminal building next to the existing Terminal 2. This year we will hand over the new Cargo City of 20,000sqm warehouse area that will better serve the needs of the Hungarian export-oriented economy and the logistics companies behind them», says Jost Lammers, CEO Budapest Airport.

Budapest Airport has already launched a programme of internal improvements at both Terminals 2A and 2B in the last two years to increase passenger comfort. In the first half of this year, two more passenger security lanes will be installed, while washrooms, lounges and passenger waiting areas will be refurbished, enlarged or their capacity increased.

Indeed, over €450 million has been invested into developing and modernising the airport and its infrastructure in the last 12 years. The flagship project was the construction of a new central terminal building called SkyCourt, connecting Terminal 2A and 2B, with state-of-the-art passenger security control and baggage systems.

Source: Airport Business

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Food court, enlarged security-hold area at BPIA

The Biju Patnaik International Airport (BPIA) is all set to get a major infra boost as additional food courts and enlarged security-hold area are scheduled to commence by January end.

The enlarged security-hold area is reported to increase seating capacity for more than 200 passengers. Along with this, the project will also develop a food court much to relief of passengers who have been complaining of lesser dining options as compared to other international airports.

Detailing about the project, BPIA director Suresh Kumar Hota said, “We have integrated the erstwhile area of Dakota restaurant into an extended security-hold area and a food court. Almost all the work has been done and we are only waiting for approval of the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS).”

“The passengers will have better dining options with food outlets as KFC, Punjab Grill, Dominos and a hard-drink bar. The plan also includes addition of two retail stores in Biba and FBB. The outlets are only left with regulatory check and will commence soon,” he added.

With this initiative the number of total outlets at the airport would rise to 15 as compared to just three earlier. This, according to Hota “has generated employment opportunities for around 300 people.”

Aimed at improving BPIA’s public image and competing with other national airports the project is expected to placate passengers who were discontent with lesser meal options.

Source: Orissa Post