When was chennai airport built

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Home » Chennai Airport to be India's Greenest. August 28, Order Reprints. Related Articles U. The airport served 3,, passengers and handles 46, aircraft movements and , cargo in the period between April and January In , Chennai Airport became the first international airport in the country to receive ISO certification.

The AAI, which is responsible for the integrated development of airports in the country, took up the airport expansion work. In July , the public investment board PIB gave clearance for the development plans at the airport.

Work began in October and construction of the international terminal was completed in July Expansion work was planned to be completed by the second half of , but it was later postponed to early The sustainable technology used in the expansion transformed the airport into the greenest airport in India.

The expansion included a new domestic terminal, modernisation of the existing domestic terminal and expansion of the international terminal. The terminals are connected by a 1km flyover and features two moving walkways.

After the upgrade, there were four aerobridges for international passengers and six for domestic passengers. The upgraded international terminal can handle a capacity of approximately 4, passengers during peak hours.

It has eight aerobridges and eight conveyor belts. The development also included the construction of a parallel runway interconnected by a taxiway, aprons, two multilevel car parking garages with 1, spaces each and improvement of roadway access and infrastructure. An Rsm automatic storage and retrieval system was also installed at the complex. A new ,m 2 integrated terminal for carrying out international and domestic operations is expected to be commissioned by December It will improve the annual passenger capacity to 35 million passengers.

The international and domestic terminals are connected by a building containing administrative offices and a restaurant. There are not enough aerobridges either as most of them were connected to the already-razed Kamaraj terminal. In a year, most of the hassles faced by airlines and passengers will be removed, said officials. While the integrated terminal will have aerobridges and a modern check-in and boarding system, parking bays will be closer to reduce boarding time.

Feedback is being obtained at all stages to ensure the building is user-friendly. As no feedback from airlines was taken before , when the existing international terminal was being built, the facilities did not match user requirement.

AAI has still not been able to open the arrival portion on the ground floor of the existing steel and glass building. Now, the plan is to open it for international departures. Facebook Twitter Linkedin EMail.

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