Commencement of operations of the New Domestic Arrival Terminal Building at Ahmedabad is to start tomorrow i.e. April 23, 2008. It will be inaugurated by Shri Praful Patel, Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation and Shri Narendra Modi, Chief Minister of Gujarat.
The Airport Authority of India (AAI) has completed its work for new domestic arrival block to handle 800 passengers at a cost of Rs.56.94 crores. The work for the new domestic departure block to handle 600 passengers was completed and commissioned in 2005. This was done at a cost of Rs.46.05 crores. Modifications are being done to existing International Terminal building at a cost of Rs.5.00 crores.
Construction of new International Terminal Building Complex with modern facilities suitable to handle 1000 passenger at a time (Phase-I) is likely to be completed by March 2009 at a cost of Rs.122.07 crores. Work of new International Terminal Building Complex (Phase-II) with modern facilities suitable to handle additional 600 passengers at a time, has been awarded and is also likely to be completed by March, 2009 at a cost of Rs.80.00 crores. Construction of a new apron has been awarded on January 9, 2007 and is likely to be completed by April, 2008 at a cost of Rs.10.97 crores.
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(Release ID :37720)