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Bengaluru International Airport (IATA: BLR, ICAO: VOBL) is an international airport serving the city of Bengaluru (Bangalore), Karnataka, India. The airport is located 4 km south of Devanahalli and is 40 km from the central business district of Bengaluru (30 km from the Bangalore City Railway Station) and covers 4,000 acres (1,600 ha)
It replaced the old HAL Bangalore Airport. The airport is the fourth busiest airport in India. Construction of the airport began in July 2005, after a decade long postponement. It was expected to be inaugurated on 30 March 2008 but due to delays in air traffic control (ATC) services, it started its operations on the night of 23 May 2008, just before midnight. The airport handled about 9.3 million passengers and had air traffic movements (ATM) of about 280 per day in the year 2009. The airport is expected to handle 17 million passengers in the year 2015.The airport is host to 10 domestic airlines and 19 international airlines connecting the city to about 50 destinations across India and the world. The new airport was originally planned to accommodate 3.5 million passengers a year, but this was redesigned to handle 12 million passengers per year. The redesign resulted in an increase in the size of the terminal, number of aircraft stands, new taxiway layouts and supporting infrastructure.
A plan is also being processed for a direct rail service from Bengaluru Cantonment Railway Station to the Basement Rail terminal at the airport. Access on the National Highway 7 has been widened to a six lane expressway, with a 3 ft boundary wall, as construction moves ahead.
After many delays and confusions with the press, the airport was finally inaugurated on 23 May 2008 when a Jet Airways flight from Mumbai landed here . Also, minutes later an Air India flight to Singapore left Bengaluru International Airport, making it the first ever take-off from the airport.The passenger terminal is a single, fully air conditioned, four-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.
The total floor area is approximately 71,000 m2 (760,000 sq ft) and the terminal building is designed to accommodate 3,000 passengers at peak hour. The design reflects the best industry practice and caters for 24-hour-operations, under all weather conditions. The airport well meets the standards set by the Airports Authority of India (AAI), the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and the International Air Transport Association (IATA)
The airport can handle 11 million people per annum with 27 aircraft movements per hour and an estimated 550 movements in May 2008. At its peak, it can handle 720 aircraft movements in a day.
Common Use Terminal Equipment (CUTE) enabled check-in counters: 54 and 20 self check in counters.
The airport has 20 gates, 8 aero-bridges, including one double arm and 19 remote bus bays. There are a total of 42 aircraft stands, all of which have a fuelling pit. This is the first time in Indian airports that the parking stands have the fuelling pits. The underground pits helps the aircraft to fuel from the stand itself.
In the first phase of development, a car park for 2,000 cars in front of the terminal building at the ground level has been developed for the convenience of passengers and visitors to the airport.
Runway
Kingfisher Airlines and Air India flights seen from onboard Sri Lankan Airlines flight at BIA
The airport has one runway that can accommodate all types of aircraft. There are plans to build a second runway when the annual traffic of the airport reaches 18 million passengers per year which is currently estimated to reach around 2013-2014.
Bengaluru International Airport (IATA: BLR, ICAO: VOBL) is an international airport serving the city of Bengaluru (Bangalore), Karnataka, India. The airport is located 4 km south of Devanahalli and is 40 km from the central business district of Bengaluru (30 km from the Bangalore City Railway Station) and covers 4,000 acres (1,600 ha)
It replaced the old HAL Bangalore Airport. The airport is the fourth busiest airport in India. Construction of the airport began in July 2005, after a decade long postponement. It was expected to be inaugurated on 30 March 2008 but due to delays in air traffic control (ATC) services, it started its operations on the night of 23 May 2008, just before midnight. The airport handled about 9.3 million passengers and had air traffic movements (ATM) of about 280 per day in the year 2009. The airport is expected to handle 17 million passengers in the year 2015.The airport is host to 10 domestic airlines and 19 international airlines connecting the city to about 50 destinations across India and the world. The new airport was originally planned to accommodate 3.5 million passengers a year, but this was redesigned to handle 12 million passengers per year. The redesign resulted in an increase in the size of the terminal, number of aircraft stands, new taxiway layouts and supporting infrastructure.
A plan is also being processed for a direct rail service from Bengaluru Cantonment Railway Station to the Basement Rail terminal at the airport. Access on the National Highway 7 has been widened to a six lane expressway, with a 3 ft boundary wall, as construction moves ahead.
After many delays and confusions with the press, the airport was finally inaugurated on 23 May 2008 when a Jet Airways flight from Mumbai landed here . Also, minutes later an Air India flight to Singapore left Bengaluru International Airport, making it the first ever take-off from the airport.The passenger terminal is a single, fully air conditioned, four-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.
The total floor area is approximately 71,000 m2 (760,000 sq ft) and the terminal building is designed to accommodate 3,000 passengers at peak hour. The design reflects the best industry practice and caters for 24-hour-operations, under all weather conditions. The airport well meets the standards set by the Airports Authority of India (AAI), the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and the International Air Transport Association (IATA)
The airport can handle 11 million people per annum with 27 aircraft movements per hour and an estimated 550 movements in May 2008. At its peak, it can handle 720 aircraft movements in a day.
Common Use Terminal Equipment (CUTE) enabled check-in counters: 54 and 20 self check in counters.
The airport has 20 gates, 8 aero-bridges, including one double arm and 19 remote bus bays. There are a total of 42 aircraft stands, all of which have a fuelling pit. This is the first time in Indian airports that the parking stands have the fuelling pits. The underground pits helps the aircraft to fuel from the stand itself.
In the first phase of development, a car park for 2,000 cars in front of the terminal building at the ground level has been developed for the convenience of passengers and visitors to the airport.
Runway
Kingfisher Airlines and Air India flights seen from onboard Sri Lankan Airlines flight at BIA
The airport has one runway that can accommodate all types of aircraft. There are plans to build a second runway when the annual traffic of the airport reaches 18 million passengers per year which is currently estimated to reach around 2013-2014.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kempegowda_International_Airport
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