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BANGALORE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
 Bangalore International Airport (BIA) is an international airport serving the city of Bangalore (Bangalore), Karnataka, India. The airport is located 4 km south of Devanahalli, 40 km from the central business district of Bangalore and 30 km from the Bangalore City Railway Station. The BIA covers about 4,000 acres of area. It has replaced the old HAL Bangalore International Airport. Construction of the airport began in July 2005, after a decade long ostponement. 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 9 domestic airlines and 19 international airlines connecting the city to about 50 destinations across India and the world.
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FEATURES
DESIGN AND FACILITIES
The passenger terminal is a single, fully 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 terminal is designed for ease of operation and minimum maintenance.
The total floor area is approximately 171,000m² (1,840,000ft²). The terminal building is designed to accommodate 3,000 passengers at peak times. The design reflects the best industry practice and caters for 24‐hour operations, under all weather conditions. All facilities meet IATA standards.
The airport can handle 14 million passengers a year with 27 aircraft movements an hour. Common‐use terminal equipment (CUTE) enabled check‐in counters: 117 and 66 self check‐in counters.
The airport has 40gates and 18 air bridges, including nine double arm and 19 remote bus bays. There are a total of 82 aircraft stands, all of which have a fueling pit. This is the first time that the parking stands in Indian airports have had fuelling pits.
A car park for 4,000 cars was built in front of the terminal building at ground level.
The airport currently has one runway, which can accommodate all types of aircraft including the Airbus A380. There are plans to build a second runway when the annual traffic of the airport reaches 18 million passengers a year which is currently estimated to reach around 2013‐2014.
The runway, orientated 09/27, is 4,900m (16,076ft) by 45m (150ft) with light paved shoulders making it 60m (200ft).
Bangalore International Airport also have a retail centre, a multi‐cuisine food court area, an adventure play area, and a day care facility for the children of the passengers.
CARGO VILLAGE
The airport's cargo village, spread over 11 acres of land, began operations in early January 2009. It is expected to strengthen the commerce and trade in Bangalore, ensuring speedy clearances of import and export consignments from the cargo terminals at the airport.
An investment of about $2.5m (INR120m) has been made towards the facility, which was completed over a period of ten months. The facility will house 120 freight forwarders and 80 custom house agents.
PARTNERS FOR AIRPORT SERVICES
Bangalore International Airport is the first airport in India to operate under a truly openaccess model. This allows every qualified fuel supplier to use the facility against a fixed throughput fee and allows airlines to get the best fuel prices available in the market.
ROAD AND RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE
As the new airport is 40km (25 miles) outside the city, a new high‐speed rail link, is being planned to connect the city to the airport. The various road and rail connectivity means are as follows:
»NH‐7 to BIA is 6‐lane divided carriageway. NHAI is in the process of widening the NH‐7 from existing 6‐lanes to 8‐lanes, which can sustain higher traffic due to airport expansion and expected real estate developments on either sides of the NH‐7.
»Bangalore Metro Rail covering a length of around 33 kms spread over the North‐South and East‐West Corridors is under construction by Government of
Karnataka at an estimated project cost of INR 64 billion (US$ 1.5 billion). The project is expected to be completed by 2010‐11.
» In order to ensure fast and easy connectivity from Bangalore City Centre to the International Airport, Hi‐Speed Airport Rail link of around 34 kms from CBD to
the Airport is under development, which will enable passengers to reach the Airport around 25 minutes.
» Government of Karnataka is developing the Peripheral ring Road (PRR) as 8‐lane expressway along the periphery of Bangalore for a total road length of 109 km.
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