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New domestic terminal building
inaugurated at Surat
Surat:
The new domestic terminal building was inaugurated
at Surat today. The new domestic terminal building
has an area of 8474 square metre and is a glass and
steel structure having modern passenger friendly facilities
such as central heating system, central air conditioning,
public address system, Flight Information Display
System (FIDS), CCTV for surveillance, check in counters,
and car parking. The building has peak hour passenger
handling capacity of 250 passengers (125 arrival +
125 departure) and annual handling capacity of 2.03
lakh. The new domestic terminal building has several
salient features. They are passenger handling capacity
(domestic -150), check-in counters (6), X ray scanners
(for baggage) (1), security check booths (3) and conveyor
belt - arrival (2). The new apron can cater for parking
of 05 Category 'C' type of aircraft.
Recently,
new Integrated Terminal Buildings were inaugurated
at the Amritsar International Airport, Jolly Grant
Airport, Dehradun and Jaipur International Airport.
The new Integrated Terminal Building at the Amritsar
airport has an area of 40175 sqm (approx). The existing
terminal has an area of about 12770 sqm while 27405
sqm is to be added in Ph II of extension. It is a
glass and steel structure having modern passenger
friendly facilities such as central air conditioning
system, inline x-ray baggage inspection system integrated
with the baggage conveyor system, escalators, public
address system, Flight Information Display System
(FIDS), CCTV for surveillance, check in counters with
Common Use Terminal Equipment (CUTE), car parking,
etc. The Integrated Terminal Building will have peak
hour passenger handling capacity of 1200 passengers
and annual handling capacity of 14.6 lacs.
The apron
has been extended to cater for parking of total of
14 aircraft (8 Category ‘E’, 3 Category ‘D’ and 3
Category ‘C’ type of aircrafts) from the earlier capacity
of 10 aircraft and strengthened for parking of Category
‘E’ type of aircraft.
The New
Domestic Terminal Building at Dehradun has an area
of 4200 sqm and is a glass and steel structure having
modern passenger friendly facilities such as central
heating system, central air conditioning, public address
system, Flight Information Display System (FIDS),
CCTV for surveillance, check in counters, car parking,
etc. The Domestic Terminal Building has peak hour
passenger handling capacity of 150 passengers (75
arrival + 75 departure) and annual handling capacity
of 1.22 lakhs. New apron can cater for parking of
2 Category ‘C’ type of aircraft.
The New
International Terminal Building at the Jaipur airport
has an area of 22950 sqm (approx), is made of glass
and steel structure having modern passenger friendly
facilities such as central heating system, central
air conditioning, inline x-ray baggage inspection
system integrated with the departure conveyor system,
inclined arrival baggage claim carousals, escalators,
public address system, Flight Information Display
System (FIDS), CCTV for surveillance, check in counters
with Common Use Terminal Equipment (CUTE), car parking,
etc. The International Terminal Building has peak
hour passenger handling capacity of 500 passengers
and annual handling capacity of 4 lakhs. New Apron
can cater for parking of 10 aircrafts for parking
3 Category ‘E’, 3 Category ‘D’ and 4 Category ‘C’
type of aircrafts
On February
21, new integrated terminals were inaugurated at Vishakhapatnam
and Tiruchirappalli airports. The foundation stone
laying ceremony for new integrated terminal building
at the Goa airport was also held on the day. The Integrated
Terminal Building at the Goa Airport, built over an
area of 61957 sqm (approx) will be a glass and steel
structure having modern passenger friendly facilities
such as central heating system, inline x-ray baggage
inspection system integrated with the baggage conveyor
system, central air conditioning, inclined arrival
baggage claim carousals, escalators, public address
system, Flight Information Display System (FIDS),
CCTV for surveillance, check in counters, car parking,
etc. The Integrated Terminal Building will have peak
hour passenger handling capacity of 2770 passengers.
The existing building presently can handle an annual
capacity of 25.78 lacs. The expansion of apron has
been completed to cater for parking 9 Category 3 'D'
and 6 Category 'C' type of aircrafts from existing
capacity of 6 Category 'C' type of aircraft.
The Integrated
Terminal Building at the Vishakhapatnam has an area
of 21558 sqm (approx) and is made of glass and steel
structure having modern passenger friendly facilities
such as central air conditioning system, inline x-ray
baggage inspection system integrated with the baggage
conveyor system, escalators, public address system,
Flight Information Display System (FIDS), CCTV for
surveillance, check in counters, car parking, etc.
The Integrated Terminal Building has peak hour passenger
handling capacity of 700 passengers and annual handling
capacity of 7.3 lakhs. The new apron has been constructed
to cater for parking of 6 nos. (2 nos. Category 'E',
1 no. Category 'D' and 3 nos. Category 'C') type of
aircrafts in addition to existing capacity of 2 nos.
Category 'C' type of aircraft and 6 Helicopters.
The Integrated
Terminal Building at the Tiruchirappalli Airport has
an area of 11777 sqm (approx) and is made of glass
and steel structure having modern passenger friendly
facilities such as central air conditioning system,
inline x-ray baggage inspection system integrated
with the baggage conveyor system, escalators, public
address system, Flight Information Display System
(FIDS), CCTV for surveillance, check in counters,
car parking, etc. The Integrated Terminal Building
has peak hour passenger handling capacity of 400 passengers
and annual handling capacity of 3.24 lakhs. 3
The expansion
of apron has been completed to cater for parking of
total 7 nos. (3 nos.Category 'D' and 4 nos.Category
'C' type of aircrafts from existing capacity of 3
nos. Category 'C' type of aircraft.
-Feb
27, 2009
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