Chennai (MAA) International Airport

[Raj_network]

Kool Arul! understood high level frustration.

But What MK and AAI's mistake? First, we have Ramdoss kinda guy in TN, to kill ourselves.. second, many bad elements went to court and verdict was pending in court for many years.. without court's verdict, they cant take out not even one Grass in the land.. In tamil, say "Pullu kuda pudunga mudiyathu"..

Might have noticed, MK given his "as usual" Q & A one in two months, and he is also exposed his frustration reg. pending of this project due to court cases.

It published all TN dailies in the next day morning, and that news took to court mgmt very seriously.. Bcas one ppl elected CM given expells his frustration, and court ppl woke up as his pointing has reached to mass, issue came to lime light.

You might have noticed, court conducted this case seriously after his speech, and given +ve verdict within one week, and dismissed all cases against this project.

I feel, MK used his personal influ in central and court level to expedite the verdict.

It just happened two months ago in front of our eyes. After verdict, the process is speeding up and executing tenders and orders sought.

And within two months, CM has giving dates for laying stone. He and AAI seems to be good. nothing wrong from their side.

All "Rambam Doss & co" play and he was actually standing behind all the local ppl court case, he only initiaing his local party to put cases against the project in TN, to play his games and he thinks that this "against attitude for any project" will give better survival for his political career and his "pet cum chellam" son "anbumani - lovemani".

Just wait for next general elections, MK is keep quiet what this guy id doing now. MK will pull his plug out for him just before the elections, and will not give his demanding seats, make him to go out from the alliance by him self.

in other side, I read JJ is also planning NOT to accept this guy any more when he is coming out from MK. Like us, MK and JJ is also very frustrated bcas of this guy, as this guy dont have any mass behind him, only few caste votes with him. He is playing a game like in one famous Tamil say, "Uru Rendu patta kuththadikku Kondattam".

I read in Junior Vikatan last week issue, the JJ sent her friends Vijay Mallaiya + her Reddy friend to meet MK in this regard. Meeting aim is, to eleminate this stupid guy from political without accepting him in both sides in coming general election. MK is also already set his mind to throw this guy out when the time of election, same time, JJ will not also accept him back.

SO he will stand in the middle of river, sunk underneath. This guy over estimating his strenth and taking and jumping tooooo much yaar!

Sorry guys! I am also frusted with this guy like Arul and U, wanted to bring all points abt this guy to fellow SScians, that's it and how next moves would be in the political game to eliminate this guy from the loop.

[Madras_Fan]

This is one among the many missed deadlines.. Nothing is happening as far as development of existing airport is concerned. As court ruled out the writ petitions, I sincerely hope that atleast this time some thing happens on ground

I used to cross chennai airport once a month and invariably everytime I used to stand in queue for more than 1 hour everytime when I catch a morning flight just to go for the security check. And for international its even worse. For immigration clearance it will minimum take 1:30 to 2 hours on queue

No Doubt the AIRPORT CANNOT WITHSTAND and we need expansion as well as new airport immediately

[Kingmaker]

@Raj_network

AAI's mistake was that it did not kick start land acquisition early enough. There has been lot of development in those areas now (thanks to government's approval for buildings) and also realty costs have shot up.

MK's problem is lack of leadership. The coalition isnt working at all, is it?

[barrykul]

The problem in India, for project execution, in general, things are done serially instead of parallel development. The 2nd runway could have been started independent of land acquisition from one end. Similarly, buildings could have started construction long ago. But no, AAI is a lethargic leech organization which needs a swift kick in the rear from all the people of india. It is time for India to go in for a regulator, a la TRAI, for aviation and leave the rest to private initiative. They will take the airline industry into world leading position in double quick time like they did with the telecom revolution. Chennai, being a manufacturing hub and recently IT hub, requires a world class airport. Everyone is missing the big picture. First, create the capacity and infrastructure and the rest will follow. Instead of the current projected studies in airline growth, which amount to a hill of beans, good infrastructure, has a way of driving tourism and growth. Many airlines skip India since there is no adequate reason for them to consider poor infrastructure. Once there is infra, including fuel fill up at competitive pricing, then all the airlines in the world will conspire to make India a destination.

[Arul Murugan]

Dear Raj,

We missed many projects because of this PMK Ramadass.... New Chennai project was planned by DMK government in the early stage itself this fellow has killed the project by threatening that he will withdraw the support for DMK in secratriat.

He raised his voice againt Chennai metro rail, flyover etc., He are given his own infrastructural ideas to press and even these papers wrote about his ideas in the paper. It will be good atleast if the press avoid him, so that his he will not get any publicity among people..........

Atlast Chennai Airport project is really the worst delayed one for Chennai infrastructure. Metro city with nearly 1 crore, has very small airport for its growing demand.

Lets us hope atleast the new terminal and runway works starts soon and get some relief for congested Chennai airport atleast by 2011.

Even the last government which had full majority, didnt take up Green field Chennai airport seriously.

Let god help Chennai airport.

But Chennai will loose few international flights to Bangalore and Hyderabad in coming days.

Atleast AAI /Airlines should consider those new flights oppurtunities for Trichy/Madurai and Coimbatore!

[arijeetb]

Originally Posted by Arul Murugan

Dear Raj,

We missed many projects because of this PMK Ramadass.... New Chennai project was planned by DMK government in the early stage itself this fellow has killed the project by threatening that i will withdraw the support for DMK in secratriat.

He raised his voice againt Chennai metro rail, flyover etc., He are given his own infrastructural ideas to press and even these papers wrote about his ideas in the paper. It will be good atleast if the press avoid him, so that his he will not get any publicity among people..........

Atlast Chennai Airport project is really the worst delayed one for Chennai infrastructure. Metro city with nearly 1 crore, has very small airport for its growing demand.

Lets us hope atleast the new terminal and runway works starts soon and get some relief for congested Chennai airport atleast by 2011.

Even the last government which had full majority, didnt take up Green field Chennai airport seriously.

Let god help Chennai airport.

But Chennai will loose few international flights to Bangalore and Hyderabad in coming days.

Atleast AAI /Airlines should consider those new flights oppurtunities for Trichy/Madurai and Coimbatore!

Dude, It is true that some intl airlines that did not have operations from Blore/Hyd would start off very soon. For example BA has started/would start operations from Hyderabad very soon while Chennai has been operating BA for maybe 10 years now.

I do not believe that Chennai will lose any airlines, but the momentum of growth (in comparison to the greenfield airports ) may slacken if the modernization project is not completed as planned by 2011.

[Arul Murugan]

I heard that Bangalore is going to get daily connection to HK by Cathay Pacific in May end.

But Chennai is going to get 4 times a week service to HK by Cathay pacific.

Is this not a set back for MAA?

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I believe the above less frequecy for Chennai is due to congestion. Patronage from Chennai to HK is not a problem i think.

[R2IChennai]

Originally Posted by Arul Murugan

I heard that Bangalore is going to get daily connection to HK by Cathay Pacific in May end.

But Chennai is going to get 4 times a week service to HK by Cathay pacific.

Is this not a set back for MAA?

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I believe the above less frequecy for Chennai is due to congestion. Patronage from Chennai to HK is not a problem i think.

BLR is getting daily flights from Cathay's subsidiary
"Dragon air" but chennai is getting actual wide bodiesd cathay flights.
But based on kingfisher plans to make BLR a major hub, BLR is set to emerge is the HUB for south India.

[Arul Murugan]

Residents oppose airport expansion



TIMES NEWS NETWORK



Chennai: After several attempts at negotiations and an unsuccessful court battle, residents of Manapakkam and Tharapakkam have decided to go all out against the Chennai airport expansion project.
More than 100 people who have invested in housing projects promoted by Macro Marvel in Manapakkam and EVP Township in Tharapakkam on Thursday pledged not to hand over their land or houses to the district administration, even though the area has been marked for acquisition.
Two residential projects fall within the area demarcated for acquisition for airport expansion. The government kicked off the land acquisition process when it started sending out notices to residents in November, 2007. The Airports Authority of India (AAI) plans to build a parallel runway, a taxi way and aircraft bays once the land is handed over.
Residents who are already living in Macro Marvel and those who have invested Rs 30 lakh and more on land and house in EVP Housing today protested against the district administration’s move to acquire land at a meeting with district collector Santosh K Mishra.
Residents raised doubts over the AAI’s plan to build a parallel runway when the government had already announced another greenfield airport project. They also demanded that the residential areas located in the periphery of the airport land should be exempted.
They alleged that the state government had misled the people because even after registration of land was frozen at Manapakkam, Tharapakkam, Gerugambakkam, and Kolapakkam, the registrar office at Pammal was registering land, said Sumathi, a resident.
She has purchased 2,000 square feet at a project announced by EVP Township last year. However, the entire project has been marked for acquisition for airport expansion. “This looks like a non-viable project because the documents obtained using right to information shows that the AAI has not applied for clearance from Public Investment Board for constructing a parallel runway,” she said
Karthick, who purchased a 1,350-sq ft house for Rs 24 lakh from EVP said: “We have tried to reason with the collector that there was no need for construction of the parallel runway because three runways cannot be used at a time.”
Collector Santosh Mishra assured the residents that their demands would be conveyed to the state government and the AAI.

http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Daily...=1210304087718

Never ending story for Chennai Aviation future.

[Into_salem]

'Kol, Chennai airport modernisation delay'
Press Trust of India / New Delhi May 9, 2008

Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel today said the commencement of modernisation of Kolkata and Chennai airports had been delayed by a couple of months, but the process of shortlisting of construction firms and related activities were on.

"There has been a delay of a couple of months in Kolkata and Chennai... But we are continuing with the parallel process of shortlisting construction and other companies. It is an overlapping process," Patel said here. Asked about CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury's appeal for Prime Ministerial intervention to check privatisation of the process through the "backdoor", he said the terminals would be "managed and maintained by the Airports Authority of India."

"It is only the allocated commercial space which would be run by private parties. Our view is categorical," he said. When pointed out that Yechury, who is also the Chairman of Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture, had referred to a decision of the Inter-Ministerial Group to "privatise" the management of terminal buildings, Patel said "various opinions have been expressed in the IMG. This does not mean that these are the views of the government. The Planning Commission has also given some suggestions."

"Government does not subscribe to the IMG's views. The PM's Infrastructure Committee has decided that the non-metro airports would be managed and maintained by AAI and the city- side development will be done only through joint venture partnerships," Patel said.

Yechury had said in his letter to the Prime Minister that "certain arms of your government are deliberately delaying the process in order to privatise the modernisation of airports through the backdoor."

http://www.business-standard.com/com...N&autono=37207

[TechCity]

Source:http://www.hindu.com/2008/05/10/stor...1060371200.htm
CHENNAI: The airport expansion project, which involves extension of a runway across the Adyar river, has raised concern among environmentalists, who say the plan will increase the likelihood of flooding in surrounding areas.

As part of its 1069.99 acre, Rs.1,800-crore project, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) will extend the 6,500-foot cross runway and build a taxi track across the Adyar river, by constructing a bund over the water. The AAI will also construct a second parallel runway on the river’s northern embankment.

“A runway across the river is dangerous as it will…lead to higher inflow into the river,” warns Ranjit Daniels, director of Care Earth. “Technology may help minimise the flooding of the runway per se, but there is no way the surroundings can be kept safe.”

The Adyar river is the largest outlet from the Chembarambakkam lake, which lies 7 km to the north-west of the proposed site. Dr. Daniels says the river drains rainwater from a much larger surrounding area, most of which was “already choked,” and such a project would affect drainage patterns and increase the likelihood of flooding.

AAI stand


The AAI rejects these concerns. It has already submitted a feasibility report and a rapid Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) to the Ministry of Environment and Forests for approval (although only for the first phase of its project, which involves the runway extension). A pre-Public Investment Board meeting for the project is scheduled to be held in New Delhi on Monday, and sources within the AAI indicated that they expect to receive clearance from various Ministries to allow work to begin next month.

The AAI’s feasibility report states there will be “no changes in water bodies or the land surface that will affect drainage or run-off.”

Claims disputed


The Citizen consumer and civic Action Group (CAG), however, disputes these claims.

“The report fails to take into account what the current water availability in the area is, and for an EIA, this is not acceptable and is incomplete,” says Amritha Kasturi Rangan of CAG. “The mitigation measures are not clearly spelled out at all. For instance, the report says waste will be ‘suitably’ disposed of, but they haven’t identified any sites for disposable or how much waste will be generated.”

According to former pilot Capt. A. Ranganathan, flooding isn’t just a threat to surrounding areas, but also to the functioning of the airport. “In 2005, when the whole area flooded, the river level was up to the taxi track level,” he says. In that instance, the airport was temporarily closed and a section of the boundary wall had to be knocked down to allow water to drain.

A senior AAI official told The Hindu that flood levels had been accounted for in planning the extension of the runway, which would be raised high enough to prevent such an incident.

Approval from the Ministry of Environment and Forests also requires a public hearing to be held for residents in surrounding areas to voice their concerns. Kancheepuram Collector Santosh K. Misra told The Hindu that the administration will shortly announce when the hearing will be held.

[Into_salem]

Originally Posted by TechCity

Source:http://www.hindu.com/2008/05/10/stor...1060371200.htm
CHENNAI: The airport expansion project, which involves extension of a runway across the Adyar river, has raised concern among environmentalists, who say the plan will increase the likelihood of flooding in surrounding areas.

As part of its 1069.99 acre, Rs.1,800-crore project, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) will extend the 6,500-foot cross runway and build a taxi track across the Adyar river, by constructing a bund over the water. The AAI will also construct a second parallel runway on the river’s northern embankment.

“A runway across the river is dangerous as it will…lead to higher inflow into the river,” warns Ranjit Daniels, director of Care Earth. “Technology may help minimise the flooding of the runway per se, but there is no way the surroundings can be kept safe.”

The Adyar river is the largest outlet from the Chembarambakkam lake, which lies 7 km to the north-west of the proposed site. Dr. Daniels says the river drains rainwater from a much larger surrounding area, most of which was “already choked,” and such a project would affect drainage patterns and increase the likelihood of flooding.

AAI stand


The AAI rejects these concerns. It has already submitted a feasibility report and a rapid Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) to the Ministry of Environment and Forests for approval (although only for the first phase of its project, which involves the runway extension). A pre-Public Investment Board meeting for the project is scheduled to be held in New Delhi on Monday, and sources within the AAI indicated that they expect to receive clearance from various Ministries to allow work to begin next month.

The AAI’s feasibility report states there will be “no changes in water bodies or the land surface that will affect drainage or run-off.”

Claims disputed


The Citizen consumer and civic Action Group (CAG), however, disputes these claims.

“The report fails to take into account what the current water availability in the area is, and for an EIA, this is not acceptable and is incomplete,” says Amritha Kasturi Rangan of CAG. “The mitigation measures are not clearly spelled out at all. For instance, the report says waste will be ‘suitably’ disposed of, but they haven’t identified any sites for disposable or how much waste will be generated.”

According to former pilot Capt. A. Ranganathan, flooding isn’t just a threat to surrounding areas, but also to the functioning of the airport. “In 2005, when the whole area flooded, the river level was up to the taxi track level,” he says. In that instance, the airport was temporarily closed and a section of the boundary wall had to be knocked down to allow water to drain.

A senior AAI official told The Hindu that flood levels had been accounted for in planning the extension of the runway, which would be raised high enough to prevent such an incident.

Approval from the Ministry of Environment and Forests also requires a public hearing to be held for residents in surrounding areas to voice their concerns. Kancheepuram Collector Santosh K. Misra told The Hindu that the administration will shortly announce when the hearing will be held.

Hurdle after hurdle... Will the expansion plan take off ???

[vinothvasagar]

Originally Posted by ramak27

I am skeptical against the proposal to construct a second Greenfield airport in Chennai.

• All the major cities that have multiple airports opt for the second airport only after utilizing 75% of the potential of the current airport. Compared to the world standards Chennai airport is underutilized.
You are true. Airport utilization can be improved by building a Rapid exit Taxi ways...• Given the current traffic pattern and the growth potential, distributing the traffic across 2 remote airports would be a chaos in Chennai. We cannot blindly assign the new airport as international and the current airport as domestic.
Many cities in the world have 2 or more than 2 airports. Eg. London has 4-5 airports serving the city
• In various other cities with multiple airports, the integration and passenger flow is streamlined as the airports are airline specific. So majority of the passengers would be able to transit without hassles.
London airports are not airline specific. Only Terminal 5 in Heathrow is BA specific. The only thing is all other airports are well connected using "express connect"• Connectivity between the airports would be the primary concern. Transit passengers might be force to travel for more than 3 hrs between these airports.
Tamil Nadu government has already proposed a Rail link between the existing airport and the proposed Greenfield airport at SPBDR
• Even building an airport at Sriperumbadur would be an costly affair. Sriperumbadur or the villages identified for the airport are not remote barren lands. With all the new industries coming up the land prices have been heavily boosted up. To buy the required land (5000 acres) at today’s market value would be like paying 1000Cr or even more. I don’t think people are going to sell their land for anything less than 10Lac per acre.
The site proposed in Sriperumbudur is poromboke land in Sriperumbudur taluk and not acquisition is needed.
• A 5000 acre airport would definitely not quench the thirst of a billion plus Indian population at 2050. (I just read that our Indian population would reach 2 billion by 2050). Some of the major airports that have more than 4 runways require land in excess of 10000 acres. In realistic terms airport configuration with four parallel runways would not be able to handle more than 50 million passengers. So Chennai cannot afford to look out for another airport when it reaches its growth potential.
Not even developed nations like UK think about "after 40 years".. But I appreciate your concern. The option may be a new airport close to Vellore or Tindivanam, when the city limits have reached there in 2050
• As the fellow forumer’s have pointed out it is a boon for Chennai airport that so much of vacant land is available in for expansion. If we miss the boat now we would never be able to catch up. 10 years from now if there is not any zoning rules, this vacant land would be lost in the development process.

So Chennai would need to need to develop the current airport as well as pursue the option of the Greenfield airport. Ans: This is what the exact plan is.. Upgrade the existing airport before end of 2010 and in the mean time start building new airport. It should be ready by 2015 when the existing one runs out of capacity. In that context the land for the Greenfield airport should be notified and freezed off any development before 2010 but the actual construction could be taken up somewhere around 2025. Mumbai had identified land for Navi Mumbai airport in a similar fashion.

Hope you have your concerns addressed...

[Into_salem]

Chennai airport to sport a new look



A row of planes parked inside the Chennai airport.

In the recent past, Sriperumbudur, near Chennai, has turned out to be a major attraction for foreign investments. It all started with Hyundai setting up a plant there. With that anchor investment, the state government successfully sold the region to a host of foreign companies. Indeed, Sriperumbudur has been compared to Shenzen of China.

With Sriperumbudur on one side and Maraimalainagar on the other, Chennai has regained its glory as a manufacturing hub. Apart from this, a large number of foreign investors such as Ford, Hyundai, Nissan–Renault, BMW, Saint Gobain, Motorola, Nokia and Foxconn etc., have made Chennai their production base.
Foreign tourists

Tamil Nadu is also an important destination for foreign tourists. In recent years, the Chennai airport has recorded significant growth in both passenger traffic and cargo movement. It is only natural that the airports should develop too, in tandem with the need for moving people. This in mind, the Government has decided to go for modernisation and expansion of Chennai airport in co-ordination with the Government of India. Land acquisition work to acquire 1069.99 acres for land is being undertaken by the Government for this purpose.

The Airports Authority of India, which is undertaking the modernisation programme, has proposed to spend about Rs 1,800 crore on this.

The modernisation of Chennai airport will be completed by 2010. Alongside, the State Government is also examining the option of establishing a greenfield airport at Sriperumpudur. As regards the non-metro airports like Coimbatore, Madurai, Tiruchi and Thoothukudi, the State Government is taking action to acquire lands for their expansion and modernisation as per the Master Plan submitted by Airports Authority of India in order to meet the growing needs of the passengers and the cargo.
Expansion plan



A file photo of a Customs official checking papers at the Chennai International Airport.

The Tamil Nadu Government has identified 1070 acres of land for the expansion of the Chennai airport. Alongside, the government will also begin groundwork for a second, greenfield airport. It estimates that 4,820 acres will be required for the second airport, which is expected to come up in the Sriperumbudur-Tiruvallur taluks.

Land acquisition for the airport expansion project will cost about Rs 1,000 crore. The Airports Authority of India, the entity that will build the airport, would spend another Rs 1,000 crore on the project.
Compensation

It is estimated that only 947 houses will be affected by the project – families living in them will be paid due compensation.

As on date, most of the acquisition has been completed. There has been some difficulty in buying a small parcel of land on which a new terminal would come.

http://www.businessline.in/cgi-bin/p...05/13/&prd=bl&

[Into_salem]

Jet Chennai-Pune daily service

Mumbai, May 12

Jet Airways will be commencing a daily direct flight between Chennai and Pune from May 15. It already operates daily services from Chennai to Pune via Bangalore. With the introduction of this daily direct flight, the airline will enhance its frequency on this sector, said a statement. Jet will introduce the service on the Boeing 737-800 aircraft with Premiere and Economy class configuration. The company claims that with the induction of this new flight, Jet Airways' passengers from Pune can have convenient connections to Kuala Lumpur and Toronto, via Chennai.

http://www.blonnet.com/2008/05/13/st...1351821000.htm

[ramak27]

I have been a passive member in this forum for almost a year now and have been closely following all the updates. About 2 months back I was fascinated by the amount of information available in the Indian airport threads and it stuck to me that I could also chip in with my ideas for Chennai airport. For almost a month now I have been fixed on to photoshop and google earth; I have stitched a composite image of Chennai Airport from Google earth at height of 1KM. I thought of putting out a nice Master Plan document, but looks like it’s a never ending process and so I am going to start sharing my work in progress.

What ever I am sharing here are not my creative ideas or vision; rather I have just acted as a collaborator putting together all the information that has been shared in the public media about the Chennai Airport

The most optimal and cost efficient configuration for Chennai Airport would be the current plan proposed by Government which is to extend the cross runway 12/30 across the river and to construct and construct a new parallel runway 06/25 across the river Adayar. The current terminal should be expanded to accommodate the immediate growth and a new Midfield Terminal should be constructed. All the allied services should be relocated to the North of Adayar River.


This is the master snapshot of final shape of Chennai airport (my version) .
[IMG]http://i30.************/2rzqdmt_th.jpg[/IMG]
The original image resolution is 37Megapixel. Tinypic reduced it. I have uploaded the image at http://www.MegaShare.com/410362.
Here is my wild guess as how the project should be completed in phases
2009: Demolish IA Hanger and extend terminal apron to the north east; Construct a linear concourse as a extension of the current Domestic terminal.
2010: Taxiway revamp for runway 07/25 with rapid exit ways; Construction of holding apron at 07 end of runway 07/25; Runway way extension for runway 12/30 to 10000 ft; Provide ILS landing facility for runway 12/30; Construction of parallel taxiway for runway 12/30
[IMG]http://i32.************/2i6f193_th.jpg[/IMG]
2011: City side terminal revamp; Multi-level access roads for city side terminal
[IMG]http://i29.************/28iou1j_th.jpg[/IMG]
2012: New Cargo complex, Hanger, MRO facility and IOC Fuel farm north of runway 06/25; New ATC at the intersection
[IMG]http://i30.************/2z4zuk8_th.jpg[/IMG]
2013: Construction of New runway 06/25;
[IMG]http://i25.************/20aqhoz_th.jpg[/IMG]
2014: Realignment of Adayar River; New Taxiway north of runway 07/25
2015: New Satellite concourse north of runway 07/25
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2016: Airport Passenger Mover system and tunnel under runway 07/25
2018: Midfield Terminal completed
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2020: City side Terminal to be converted as LCC Terminal; Master Plan achieved


In my proposed plan I have demarcated (indent to demarcate) separate area for the below additional components.
Madras Flying Club
General Aviation (Business & Private Jet)
VIP Area, Helipad
Coast Guard
Police (Chennai Mega city policing Heliport)

Cargo Terminal
MRO Facility
Airline Hangar
Fuel Farm
ATC
Airport Passenger Mover (Monorail) Service Area

Administration buildings
Fire Service
Security/Police Area
Medical/Hospital facility
Water Tower
Employee Parking

Public Parking
Rental Car Facility
Public Transit Center

Flight Kitchen
Night parking bay
Flight Service Area

I would post more info on these individual items at a later time

Adayar River Reconstruction Program
For the optimal use of the land available between the two parallel runways the current Adayar river alignment has to be changed. This plan realigns the Adayar river parallel to the new 06/25 runway for its entire length within the proposed airport compound. This would ensure a free flow of water during monsoon and flooding and will also remove the current bottle neck that lead the swelling of the river at certain points.

As the Adayar River is more prone to flood during the monsoon season and as the Airport itself is located in a slightly low lying area, Flood control planning should be taken into consideration by the designers. Extensive network of Storm Drain, Rain Water Harvesting System and Percolation Ponds should be constructed and connected to Adayar River


Challenges:
Land Acquisition
Realignment and bund strengthening of Adayar river for the distance of Airport Area
Runway extension across Adayar river
Construction of a new tunnel with space for a passenger walkway and an automated people mover connecting the City side terminal with the Midfield Terminal
Road Access for new Midfield airfield
Removing AAI offices, residential quarters from the current Airport premises
Removing 100+ commercial shops and residential building located between existing ATC and existing Cargo terminal


What I would like to see now is a whole volley of suggestion/comments/criticism about the model/work I have put forth. It would be nice if we could all rip these models apart and debate all the pros and cons.
It would also be nice if somebody could get hold of the plan diagram that AAI has or a copy of the feasibility study done by UK consultants Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick.

[ramak27]

The below para is repeat post, but with more info(pics)

I have serious reservations about the current plan for a new city side domestic Terminal. Below are the disadvantages of having the new terminal
1. The terminal does not augment the flight stand or the no. of aerobridges. As you could see in the image below this new terminal is going to be fit into the existing empty land. Even without this terminal we would have the same number of parking stands.
2. The ultra modern, super sophisticated terminal will never glue with the other existing terminals
3. With very limited space available on the city side, building a huge hollow structure is unwarranted.
4. The multilevel access roads cater only to the new terminal and not to the existing terminals
5. In the quest to overdo the greenery the underground car parking is proposed. It would be a financial burden and a white elephant to maintain such a massive underground parking that is totally beneath the ground. All underground multilevel parking as the one proposed needs an massive network of air circulation/exhaust system.
6. I feel disappointed at looking at this terminal as it provides no scope for any growth. World over terminals are planned in such a way that they could be extended to augment the capacity

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Compare this terminal with the plan that has been adopted by the other major airports. Delhi has the most comprehensive terminal design; Mumbai and Kolkatta too have come up with sustainable designs. I personally like how the Kolkatta terminal model allows expansion in phases.

I would like to have a single huge box type terminal by integrating and expanding the current International and Domestic Terminals. Even in the current terminals the ground floor is tall enough to create an ambient atmosphere. Just by sprucing up the interior and exterior of the building it could be made to look modern. Most of the world airports adopt the design of a large arrival/departure terminal and disperse the passenger to the satellite terminals while waiting for flights. If we could adopt the same principle the integrated Box terminal can easily handle the passenger growth. It is interesting to note that the new Bangalore terminal has chosen the plain vanilla box type terminals. Although they might not make the person open is mouth in awe, they would neither make the person complain as they are plain and simple.

[IMG]http://i32.************/119b60p_th.jpg[/IMG]

The below map is a 3D diagram on a 2D plane. Each floor has been depicted in a different color and each block has their individual floor plan.

[IMG]http://i27.************/15hoxi_th.jpg[/IMG]

The proposed domestic terminal model can be magnified and could be used as the arrival departure terminal for the new midfield terminal.

Some of the models that came to my mind as an alternative design for the city side terminal are.
Simple Extension Phase I
[IMG]http://i25.************/2uf64as_th.jpg[/IMG]
Simple Extension Phase II
[IMG]http://i31.************/i2j420_th.jpg[/IMG]
Linear Terminal Parallel to taxiway Phase II
[IMG]http://i30.************/11jssiv_th.jpg[/IMG]
Mid Apron Terminal Phase I
[IMG]http://i32.************/20ivolt_th.jpg[/IMG]
Mid Apron Terminal Phase II
[IMG]http://i26.************/6gyib4_th.jpg[/IMG]
Mid Apron Terminal Phase II – Split 60 Domestic 40 International
[IMG]http://i26.************/rh7kuv_th.jpg[/IMG]
Mid Apron Terminal Phase II – Split equally
[IMG]http://i27.************/2d2910p_th.jpg[/IMG]

[ramak27]

I was kind of interested in picturing all the cities served by Chennai Domestic sector. So I have come up with the below map. I got the list of Airport from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chennai...tional_Airport.
1. Ahmedabad
2. Amritsar
3. Bangalore
4. Bhubhaneshwar
5. Calicut
6. Coimbatore
7. Delhi
8. Goa
9. Hyderabad
10. Kolkata
11. Madurai
12. Mumbai
13. Lucknow
14. Port Blair
15. Pune
16. Rajamundry,
17. Raipur
18. Thiruvananthapuram
19. Trichy
20. Tuticorin
21. Vijaywada
22. Vishakapatnam

[IMG]http://i26.************/4v24p0_th.jpg[/IMG]

PS: So called future destinations is my wild guess.

I think Chennai needs to double the number of cities it serves to make itself as a Hub Airport.

I have taken the cue from PlaneMad for putting up the maps in SVG. I have used his India_blank_map as base and started jotting down the cities. PlaneMad is a Genius in maps. I just happened to browse the list of his maps in Wiki and I was startled. He is a single man NGO who could give a run for our govt team at National Spatial Data Base (NSDB).

[Into_salem]

Originally Posted by ramak27

I have been a passive member in this forum for almost a year now and have been closely following all the updates. About 2 months back I was fascinated by the amount of information available in the Indian airport threads and it stuck to me that I could also chip in with my ideas for Chennai airport. For almost a month now I have been fixed on to photoshop and google earth; I have stitched a composite image of Chennai Airport from Google earth at height of 1KM. I thought of putting out a nice Master Plan document, but looks like it’s a never ending process and so I am going to start sharing my work in progress.

What ever I am sharing here are not my creative ideas or vision; rather I have just acted as a collaborator putting together all the information that has been shared in the public media about the Chennai Airport

The most optimal and cost efficient configuration for Chennai Airport would be the current plan proposed by Government which is to extend the cross runway 12/30 across the river and to construct and construct a new parallel runway 06/25 across the river Adayar. The current terminal should be expanded to accommodate the immediate growth and a new Midfield Terminal should be constructed. All the allied services should be relocated to the North of Adayar River.


This is the master snapshot of final shape of Chennai airport (my version) .
[IMG]http://i30.************/2rzqdmt_th.jpg[/IMG]
The original image resolution is 37Megapixel. Tinypic reduced it. I have uploaded the image at http://www.MegaShare.com/410362.
Here is my wild guess as how the project should be completed in phases
2009: Demolish IA Hanger and extend terminal apron to the north east; Construct a linear concourse as a extension of the current Domestic terminal.
2010: Taxiway revamp for runway 07/25 with rapid exit ways; Construction of holding apron at 07 end of runway 07/25; Runway way extension for runway 12/30 to 10000 ft; Provide ILS landing facility for runway 12/30; Construction of parallel taxiway for runway 12/30
[IMG]http://i32.************/2i6f193_th.jpg[/IMG]
2011: City side terminal revamp; Multi-level access roads for city side terminal
[IMG]http://i29.************/28iou1j_th.jpg[/IMG]
2012: New Cargo complex, Hanger, MRO facility and IOC Fuel farm north of runway 06/25; New ATC at the intersection
[IMG]http://i30.************/2z4zuk8_th.jpg[/IMG]
2013: Construction of New runway 06/25;
[IMG]http://i25.************/20aqhoz_th.jpg[/IMG]
2014: Realignment of Adayar River; New Taxiway north of runway 07/25
2015: New Satellite concourse north of runway 07/25
[IMG]http://i25.************/vy1sp5_th.jpg[/IMG]
2016: Airport Passenger Mover system and tunnel under runway 07/25
2018: Midfield Terminal completed
[IMG]http://i28.************/2upd0nn_th.jpg[/IMG]
2020: City side Terminal to be converted as LCC Terminal; Master Plan achieved


In my proposed plan I have demarcated (indent to demarcate) separate area for the below additional components.
Madras Flying Club
General Aviation (Business & Private Jet)
VIP Area, Helipad
Coast Guard
Police (Chennai Mega city policing Heliport)

Cargo Terminal
MRO Facility
Airline Hangar
Fuel Farm
ATC
Airport Passenger Mover (Monorail) Service Area

Administration buildings
Fire Service
Security/Police Area
Medical/Hospital facility
Water Tower
Employee Parking

Public Parking
Rental Car Facility
Public Transit Center

Flight Kitchen
Night parking bay
Flight Service Area

I would post more info on these individual items at a later time

Adayar River Reconstruction Program
For the optimal use of the land available between the two parallel runways the current Adayar river alignment has to be changed. This plan realigns the Adayar river parallel to the new 06/25 runway for its entire length within the proposed airport compound. This would ensure a free flow of water during monsoon and flooding and will also remove the current bottle neck that lead the swelling of the river at certain points.

As the Adayar River is more prone to flood during the monsoon season and as the Airport itself is located in a slightly low lying area, Flood control planning should be taken into consideration by the designers. Extensive network of Storm Drain, Rain Water Harvesting System and Percolation Ponds should be constructed and connected to Adayar River


Challenges:
Land Acquisition
Realignment and bund strengthening of Adayar river for the distance of Airport Area
Runway extension across Adayar river
Construction of a new tunnel with space for a passenger walkway and an automated people mover connecting the City side terminal with the Midfield Terminal
Road Access for new Midfield airfield
Removing AAI offices, residential quarters from the current Airport premises
Removing 100+ commercial shops and residential building located between existing ATC and existing Cargo terminal


What I would like to see now is a whole volley of suggestion/comments/criticism about the model/work I have put forth. It would be nice if we could all rip these models apart and debate all the pros and cons.
It would also be nice if somebody could get hold of the plan diagram that AAI has or a copy of the feasibility study done by UK consultants Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick.

Nice Work. looking forward for more.

[Arul Murugan]

AC buses to airport by MTC



TIMES NEWS NETWORK



Chennai: The Metropolitan Transport Corporation will introduce air-conditioned buses from Chennai Airport to Chennai Central on Wednesday. Ticket fare from Airport to Central will be Rs 100 and luggage fare of Rs 10 should be paid per suitcase (otherthan handbag).
Two buses will be operated on two different routes with a total of 18 trips in each direction.
While one bus will run through Saidapet, T Nagar, Pondy Bazaar, Teynampet, DMS and Anna Salai, the other will be operated via Guindy, Anna University, Adyar, Mandaveli, Mylapore, Royapettah and Anna Salai. Transport Minister K N Nehru will inaugurate the new service at the Airport premises.
Timings for the new service (from the Airport) will be: 1.00, 2.05, 3.20, 4.15, 5.30, 7.45, 8.45, 10.15, 11.30, 12.45, 14.00, 16.15, 17.45, 19.00, 20.15, 21.20, 22.45 and 23.55
The timings of operation of the buses from Chennai –Central will be at 00.50, 2.00, 2.55, 4.10, 6.20, 7.20, 8.50, 9.50, 11.20, 12.35, 14.50, 16.15, 17.25, 18.50, 20.05, 21.20, 22.20 and 23.45.

by TOI