Bangalore (BLR) | Bengaluru International Airport

[bharath.enc]

Catch the Bird....

[ullasavadan]

Fab Pics Bharath

For your efforts

[mangalore mania]

Bharath that was simply awesome.. Try to restrict 2 or max photos on each post

[strike2]

Brilliant updates bharath...it will be truly a sight to behold when it is completed

[neversayno]

Nice pics...........

[strike2]

In this pic it looks like works have started on the interiors also [ mezzanine level it looks like ]



@gentem work is about to start even in front also not just sides




Bharath where is this...is it the works on the extended eastern peir arm

[nandan_ks]

Yes Shreyas, that's the extended arm of the eastern side

Fab pics Bharath

[dunefreezer]

wow....looks like good progress!! can't wait to see the finished roof!!

[raghussc]

Extended portions themselves look much bigger than the current terminal ! Cool !!

[desiyogi]

Originally Posted by heavenlyabode

I don't know if that has been posted earlier -



Source Article: http://www.bangaloreaviation.com/201...-capacity.html

I didn't expect the share for International airline seats to be so low.
I guess foreigners and NRI's use some other hub and then transit by domestic carriers into Bangalore ?

[n_mohan]

Thanks Bharath for the awesome updates.......Was about to post asking for updates about the airport construction. Hope to see many more pic

[gentem]

an airport taking wing on two sides

This one row of columns and canopy is the only structure in front.. no other changes.. These poles are erected on sides only, front is yet to start.. overall very good process on expansion But that extended arm with travelator seems only for international travellers

at least finish full cladding of that hotel This was one thing that would have helped airport grow

No buyers for L&T’s Bangalore hotel venture
Published: Tuesday, Jul 24, 2012, 8:20 IST
By Sumit Moitra | Place: Kolkata | Agency: DNA

More than a year after deciding to scrap their joint venture (JV) for a five-star airport hotel project in Bangalore, hospitality major East India Hotels (EIH) and construction behemoth L&T are yet to divest their stakes.

The Oberoi-led EIH and L&T have failed to find a buyer for their much-delayed L&T Bangalore Airport Hotel Ltd (L&T-BAHL), a special purpose vehicle (SPV) that was floated to build the 321-room five-star airport hotel with conference facilities.

The plight of L&T-BAHL is linked to the prospect of excess hotel room capacity in Bangalore.

More than 4,000 hotel rooms were earlier slated to go on stream in Karnataka’s capital this year. But, with economic slowdown pinching business travel, several other developers, too, are starting to go slow on their hospitality projects.

Hotel majors such as Hilton, Ritz-Carlton, Hyatt and JW Marriott have all deferred their Bangalore projects. EIH’s own planned project in the city is believed to have been delayed.

The value of the assets of the SPV (L&T-BAHL), which owns lease-hold of four acres and 19 guntas of land of which it had taken possession, has been pegged at `382 crore, as per EIH’s disclosure.

EIH and L&T won the bid in 2006 for development and operations of the business hotel near the Bengaluru International Airport at Devanahalli (which commenced operations way back in 2008), beating competitors such as the Accor group and Emaar-MGF.

The L&T arm picked up the majority stake. The Oberois got 26% and were to manage the property.

Till March, EIH Ltd had invested about Rs18.72 crore in the equity of the SPV, consisting of 1.87 crore shares of Rs10 each.

Over the past six years, L&T UIL, the real estate arm of L&T in the JV, has created a portfolio of projects for
the IT, IteS, hospitality and residential sectors.

Although the ground work, including possession of land, has been completed already, the L&T-BAHL project, requiring a capex of Rs250 crore, has not seen much progress over the years.

The first phase of the project, comprising 158 rooms spread over the SPV’s existing land holding, was supposed to get commissioned a year back.

But, in early 2011-12, the Oberois and the L&T board had “decided to terminate the joint venture, by transfer of the shareholding to a prospective buyer.The negotiation with the buyer is still continuing”, EIH has said in its just released annual report for fiscal 2012.

[barrykul]

Great pictures of the construction. Bluru Airport has come a long way. The initial new airport building plan was tiny with myopic state leadership pushing for its execution. The plan was quickly vetoed by Praful Patel, the then Civil Aviation minister. He pushed for a 50% increase in size. What we ended up with was a design that was a rectangular box with very little exterior appeal. The airport was opened and run quite efficiently. However the growth of traffic necessitated expansion. The existing Zurich based management kept things in limbo.

GVK a private Indian company took charge and presented a beautiful upgrade plan and is executing very well. What a transformation (dismal/pedestrian looking to something exciting and futuristic) all from private Indian entrepreneurship which has skin in the game! Looking forward to seeing the end product very soon.

[dunefreezer]

I love GVK, there are choosing awesome architects like SOM and Gensler!

[strike2]

SOM- Mumbai T2

HOK- BIAL expansion

Gensler- Chennai airport [ I think ]

[dunefreezer]

Oops......You are right, Gensler designed the Chennai airport...I guess I should've mentioned HOK instead of Gensler.

[rkramesh]

Thanks for the wonderful pics Bharath - I must add that the latest green Volvos certainly add a Garden city charm to the airport. The parking lot too looks more Bangalorean thanks to the growing trees and surrounding green patches. At least our cars wont bake in the sun when parked here now.

Way to go GVK!!!

[engineer.akash]

Originally Posted by rkramesh

Thanks for the wonderful pics Bharath - I must add that the latest green Volvos certainly add a Garden city charm to the airport. The parking lot too looks more Bangalorean thanks to the growing trees and surrounding green patches. At least our cars wont bake in the sun when parked here now.

Way to go GVK!!!

welcome back sir,long long time...

[engineer.akash]

Nice pics bharath...

[iloveblr]

Wow airport gona look awesome once its done!!!!! :-)
Wats d date of completion of d xpansion??
any pics of how the Interior gonna be like? :-)
any new routes starting this year ? :-)
is ther gona b an A380 gate? and
wens the new 747 800 oprated by Lufthansa gonna touch down in BIAL ? :-)