Kempegowda International Airport
Bengaluru International Airport ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಅಂತಾರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ವಿಮಾನ ನಿಲ್ದಾಣ Devanahalli Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | Bengaluru International Airport Limited (BIAL) | ||||||||||
| Serves | Bengaluru | ||||||||||
| Location | Devanahalli, Karnataka, India  | ||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 915 m / 3,002 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 13°11′56″N 077°42′20″E / 13.19889°N 77.70556°E | ||||||||||
| Website | www.bengaluruairport.com | ||||||||||
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Bengaluru International Airport (Template:Lang-kn) (IATA: BLR, ICAO: VOBL) is a international airport serving the city of Bengaluru (Bangalore), Karnataka, India. The airport is located 4 km (2.5 mi) south of Devanahalli and is 40 km (25 mi) from the central business district of Bengaluru (30 km (19 mi) from the Bangalore City Railway Station[1]) and covers 4,000 acres (1,600 ha).[3] It replaced the old HAL Bangalore International Airport. 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.
Future plans for the airport site envisage expansion of the terminal and runways and generous commercial development, including business centers, tax-free shops, entertainment centers, malls and office space.[citation needed]
Construction
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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 Bangalore Cantonment Railway Station to the Basement Rail terminal at the airport. Access on the National Highway 7 is being widened to a six lane expressway, with a 3 ft (0.91 m) boundary wall, as construction moves ahead.
A new expressway was planned to connect the airport to the city's Ring Road. The expressway, expected to be a tolled road, would begin at Hennur on the Outer Ring Road. However the state government, citing a study report of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), has told the Karnataka High Court that the proposed super expressway connecting the Outer Ring Road and Bengaluru International Airport is not feasible. After many delays and confusions with the press, the airport was finally inaugurated on May 23 , 2008 when a Jet Airways flight from Mumbai landed here . Also , minutes later an Indian Airlines flight to Singapore left Bengaluru International Airport , making it the first ever take-off from the airport.
In 2008, Benguluru International Airport was the fourth Most Delayed Airport in the World in terms of arrival according to FlightStats sampling of the airport's flights,[4] with only 60.16% on time arrivals.
Airport specifications
Terminal
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)..[5]
The airport can handle 11 million people per annum with 27 aircraft movement per hour and an estimated 550 movement 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, 9 aero-bridges, including one double arm and 19 remote bus bays. There are a total of 42 aircraft stands, all of which have a fueling pit. This is the first time in Indian airports that the parking stands have the fueling 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
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.
Retail and duty free
The international departure section is one of the largest duty free outlets in India, a duty free area for arrivals is also provided. The domestic departure areas also has retail outlets.
Domestic Lounges
Domestic departure lounges are provided by:
International Lounges
The airport has three international departure lounges:
Hospitality
A 321 room Business Class hotel is under construction as part of the airport complex, opposite the main terminal building. This hotel, owned and to be operated jointly by Larsen & Toubro and East India Hotels Limited under the Trident brand, is scheduled for opening in June 2010.
Columbia Asia Hospitals operates a clinic at the airport and also provides medical care in case of an emergency. [6]
Transport to the airport
As the new airport is 40 km (25 mi) outside the city, a new high-speed rail link is being planned to connect the city to the airport.[7]
Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation runs twelve bus routes from as many locations in the city to connect to the new airport.[8] Air Conditioned Taxi services to the BIA is also available.
Renaming
On the 27th of February, 2009, the Karnataka Government forwarded the proposal of renaming the airport after the city's founder Kempe Gowda to the central government. The Karnataka arm of the Congress also sent a letter to the central government demanding that the airport be renamed to Kempe Gowda International Airport. [9]
Airlines and destinations
Domestic
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Air India Regional | Chennai, Nagpur |
| Deccan Aviation | Electronics City, HAL (old airport), Palace Grounds, UB City, Whitefield |
| GoAir | Ahmedabad, Cochin, Delhi, Mumbai |
| Indian Airlines | Chennai, Delhi, Goa, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, Trivandrum |
| IndiGo | Ahmedabad, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Patna, Pune |
| Jet Airways | Chennai, Cochin, Delhi, Goa, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mangalore, Mumbai, Pune, Trivandrum |
| JetLite | Coimbatore, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Imphal, Jorhat, Kolkata |
| Kingfisher Airlines | Agatti, Ahmedabad, Bhubaneswar, Calicut, Chennai, Cochin, Coimbatore, Delhi, Goa, Hubli, Hyderabad, Indore, Jaipur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Madurai, Mangalore, Mumbai, Nagpur, Pune, Rajahmundry, Tirupati, Trivandrum, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam |
| Paramount Airways | Chennai, Hyderabad, Visakhapatam |
| SpiceJet | Ahmedabad, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Mumbai, Pune, Srinagar |
International
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Air Arabia | Sharjah |
| Air France | Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Paris-Charles de Gaulle |
| Air Mauritius | Mauritius |
| Air India | Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Chicago, Dubai, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, London-Heathrow, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, San francisco(begins 12th December), Singapore. |
| British Airways | London-Heathrow |
| Dragonair | Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi(begins 12th December), Dubai, Hong Kong |
| Emirates | Dubai |
| Etihad Airways | Abu Dhabi |
| Gulf Air | Bahrain |
| Indian Airlines | Bangkok, Beijing(begins 17th January, 2010)Colombo, Dubai, Malé, Muscat, Sharjah, Singapore |
| Jet Airways | Brussels, New York- JFK |
| Kingfisher Airlines | Bangkok(begins 9th November),Colombo(resumes 10th November), Dubai, Hong Kong, London-Heathrow(resumes 10th November), San Francisco(begins 24th December), Singapore(begins 12th October) |
| KLM | Amsterdam |
| Kuwait Airways | Kuwait |
| Lufthansa | Frankfurt, Munich |
| Malaysia Airlines | Kuala Lumpur |
| Oman Air | Muscat |
| Saudi Arabian Airlines | Jeddah, Riyadh |
| Singapore Airlines | Singapore |
| SriLankan Airlines | Colombo |
| Thai Airways International | Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Hong Kong(begins 30th october) |
| Tiger Airways | Singapore |
| United Airlines | Chicago(starts 30th November) |
Cargo airlines
| Airlines | Destinations |
|---|---|
| Air France Cargo | Paris-Charles de Gaulle |
| Air India Cargo | Frankfurt |
| Blue Dart Aviation | Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Delhi |
| British Airways World Cargo | London-Heathrow |
| Emirates SkyCargo | Dubai |
| Gulf Air Cargo | Manama |
| Jet Airways | Delhi |
| Lufthansa Cargo | Frankfurt |
| MASkargo | Kuala Lumpur |
| Qatar Airways Cargo | Doha |
| Singapore Airlines Cargo | Singapore |
| SriLankan Cargo | Colombo |
| Thai Airways Cargo | Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi |
References
- ^ a b Aerodrome Geographical and Administrative Data
- ^ Aerodrome Chart
- ^ Master Plan and Project Phases
- ^ http://www.forbes.com/2009/01/08/airports-india-europe-biz-logistics-cx_bw_0108airports_slide_5.html?thisSpeed=15000
- ^ Phase 1
- ^ "Columbia Asia tie-up with BIAL". The Hindu. 18 Dec 2007. p. 1. Retrieved 2009-03-18.
- ^ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/city/bangalore/High-speed-rail-to-BIA-gets-green-light-/articleshow/4685478.cms
- ^ "BMTC bus services for Bengaluru Airport".
- ^ "Karnataka govt proposes renaming Bengaluru International Airport". Times of India. 27 Feb 2009. p. 1. Retrieved 2009-03-06.
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