CHENNAI: The Airport Authority of India (AAI) is planning a fifth terminal, with capability for 20 million passengers each year (MMPA), on the Chennai Worldwide Airport. That is anticipated to take the airport’s mixed dealing with capability to 55 MMPA, after Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay scrapped the long-mooted Parandur airport undertaking.
The brand new terminal is to be constructed within the “V” house between Chennai’s two runways, in response to an airport spokesperson. “The extra terminal will resolve the town facet method congestion in addition to maximise the dealing with capability inside the accessible land parcel. Chennai will change into one of many largest airports working with such a small land parcel, optimally utilising the land space,” he added.
In response to the official, the undertaking stays at an early stage: no technical or visitors research have been commissioned, and solely an idea has been introduced to date. AAI has but to find out how passengers would transfer between the present terminal and the brand new one throughout the runway, although automated people-movers are into account.
Giving out the contours of the undertaking, a senior AAI official stated the plan does envisage 10 rapid-exit taxiways and widening of the perimeter street. He stated a parallel, rear-side cargo hub stays at an earlier stage nonetheless, with capability in tonnes each year not but deliberate. The present cargo terminal on GST Street would as a substitute proceed to operate as a warehouse for passenger-aircraft stomach cargo.
