Centre clears blueprint for Bangalore international airport

New Delhi: The Centre has given its stamp of approval for the new blueprint of the Bangalore international airport, fast coming up at Devanahalli near the Garden City.
The redesign of the airport was necessitated because of the booming traffic that the cyber city has seen of late. Thus, instead of the planned 4.5 million passengers by 2008, the airport will now handle 11.4 million when the first phase is thrown open in two years’ time – by April, 2008 (the HAL airport currently handles nearly five million passengers per annum). As per the newly approved design, the airport will have more apron area, longer taxiways, increased number of aircraft stands and a larger terminal. There will, however, be no second runway, which will come up during the next phase. The new design will see 36 aircraft stands from the earlier planned 20 while apron area will be enhanced from 1.8 lakh square metre to 2.6 lakh sq m.
01/06/06 Deccan Herald

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