Bengaluru International Airport (BIAL) Discussions

[kp.muthu99]

FEEL SO PROUD TO READ THIS , THANKS AKASH ,
NAMMA BANGALURU IS BEST CITY IN INDIA AND ONE OF THE BEST IN WORLD ..
STATE GOVERNMENT MUST OFFER SOME TAX BENIFITS SO THAT ALL INVESTMENTS COME TO MY STATE ..FEELING PROUD

Originally Posted by avinash2060

[mahirocks]

The Bengaluru International Airport (BIA) has received a high rating in a survey carried out by the Airport Councils International (ACI), an international association of the world's airports. On a scale of five, BIA has received a score of 4.2 in the first quarter of 2010 alone.

The survey is carried out by speaking to passengers every month of the year.

Bengaluru International Airport Limited's (BIAL) Director (Operations) Hari Marar says that airports generally score around 3.5 in their first year of operation. “We received a score of 4.07 in the the first year. Internally we believe operation stability was gained very early”, Marar says, explaining that more about 32 criteria are mapped in the survey.

Marar says that they also conduct internal surveys to gauge responses from passengers. He also cites the example of Air France whose passengers rated BIA as Number One in the areas of check-in and boarding, leaving behind airports in Shanghai and Hong Kong.

In April this year BIA was awarded with the title 'Best Emerging Airport' in the Indian subcontinent, by the Emerging Markets Airports Awards (EMAA). Other nominees included the GMR Hyderabad International Airport, Bandaranaike International Airport (Sri Lanka) and Malé International Airport (Maldives).

Nerve-centre of airport

What has played a crucial role in ensuring smooth and efficient service at the airport is the Airport Operations Control Center (AOCC, a concept implemented by BIAL for the first time in India.

Marcel Hungerbuehler, President, BIAL, explains that the AOCC has representatives of all important process owners present including ground handlers, airlines, Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and the airport operator. It is a 24/7 center and plays a crucial role in the smooth, efficient and well-coordinated functioning of the airport, in times of disruptions and delays.

The AOCC has helped BIA in high punctuality of flights. "It helps enhanced predictability resulting in better planning and real-time overview of operations resulting in enhanced quality of decision-making - quick, accurate and taken by the correct partner", explains Hungerbuehler.

Working as the nerve centre of the airport, the different departments feed real-time data which facilitates a collaborative decision-making process.

The AOCC has been in operation since the airport opened in May 2008.

New highs in traffic

As BIA entered its third year of operations in May 2010, the month also saw them handle the highest number of passengers on a single day on May 21 with a total of 37,015 passengers. Interestingly, on the May 28th 2008, the day the airport was opened, 26,000 passengers checked-in.

The airport also crossed the one million mark by handling 1,043,412 passengers in one month for the first time in the month of May this year.

Responses to criticism from state government

But the last two years haven't been all hunky-dory for BIA. Just last year, in December 2009, the airport was in the news for being 'below global standards'. This was after a 21-member Joint Legislative Committee (JLC), set up by the state government, submitted a report 'Examination of construction of the Bangalore International Airport' saying the airport has 'flaws' including 'faulty design'. This panel was chaired by BJP MLA D Hemachandra Sagar.

Marar says that BIAL considered "them very seriously. We took them around the airport and produced instant responses." He says that the JLC's report highlighted certain perceived lack of facilities. "Some of them were genuine. They were weaknesses", he admits.

One of the shortcomings mentioned in the JLC report was the insufficient number of toilets, says Marar, after which more restrooms were added.

He also says that despite a separate VIP facility, many ministers preferred a reserved lounge in the regular departure area, which was done in October 2008. "All this during the first few months after opening, which is a sensitive period."


The JLC report had also commented on the design of the terminal building not representing the culture of the state, renaming the airport to honour the city's founder Kempegowda, and also suggested reopening of the old HAL airport.

BIAL claims it responded in detail to each aspect of the JLC report. Marar, however, declined to share a copy of the same with Citizen Matters.



Standards push

Meanwhile this year the airport has received three certifications including the ISO 27001 for Information Security Management, ISO 14001:2004 for Environment Management and IATA Platinum certification for being the first 100 per cent Bar Coded Boarding Passes compliant airport in India, says Hungerbuehler.

Marar says the airport has also adopted several environment initiatives including treating of waste water in the nearby sewage treatment plant. "This water is then used for the landscaping." He also says that the design of the terminal building is such minimal lighting is required during the day between 6 am and 6 pm.


BIA also has an animal quarantine facility which was inaugurated in April this year. The current facility can accommodate ten pets at a time and BIAL has also sought 10 acres of land from the state government at Hesaraghatta for animal quarantine.

Even as this greenfield airport has had a fresh start with regard to technology, infrastructure and airport management, BIAL President Hungerbuehler says that the real challenge is about meeting the demands of passengers and airlines, and ensure coordinated functioning of all systems at the airport.

http://bangalore.citizenmatters.in/a...control-centre

[gentem]

‘12 more acres of UAS land required to complete road’
Bangalore, June 23, DHNS

The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has submitted to the High Court that it requires an additional 12 acres of land in University of Agriculture Sciences (UAS) campus to complete the road connecting Yeshwanthapur to Yelahanka.

Submitting the status report on the link road, the BBMP has stated that the road has been completed up to Canara Bank Layout by utilising 24 acres of land in the campus. But it required an additional 12 acres to connect National Highway number 7 from Canara Bank Layout via GKVK and L&T gate.
...
K N Puttegowda, Counsel for the BBMP said: "After the University objected to the link road passing through the middle of the campus, the BBMP has constructed the road along the edge of the campus. Due to this zig-zag formation of the road we need more land to complete the same,” he argued.
...
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/...-uas-land.html

[gentem]

Traffic, flyers' flow grow at Patna airport
Sanjeev Kumar Verma, TNN, Jul 1, 2010, 06.34am IST
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/C...ow/6112353.cms

PATNA: City's Jayaprakash Narayan International Airport ranked second in the country, after the Amritsar airport, in terms of percentage growth in flow of domestic passengers and aircraft movement during April-December 2009.

These figures are based on the traffic statistics of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) as reported in its in-house periodical, `Traffic Reporter'. It has compiled figures of the country's 46 major airports.

The growth in terms of passengers' flow at the Patna airport was 52.6%, second only to the Amritsar airport which registered a growth of 64.6% during April-December 2009. The Rajkot airport with a 51.3% growth of domestic passengers, stood third under this category.

Big airports like Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata and Bangalore recorded a modest growth under this head compared to the smaller centres. The percentage growth at Delhi was 18.3, Mumbai 12.4, Chennai 5.5, Kolkata 13 and Bangalore eight only.


As for the domestic aircraft movement, the Patna airport witnessed a 31.7% growth which was next to the growth of 49.4% recorded by the Amritsar airport. Rajkot again stood third under this category with a growth rate of 31.3%.

Big airports again failed to match the performance of smaller ones. While the Delhi airport recorded just 4.3% growth under this (domestic) head in April-December 2009, the corresponding figures for Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata and Bangalore airports were 1.1%, (-) 9.2%, (-) 0.1% and (-) 4.4% respectively.

Bangalore is falling behind.. when will that trident hotel in airport open???

[gentem]

Arial distance of BIA from Bangalore center is 30km, as measured on google maps.

[gentem]

BIAL to set up with training institute

BIAL is planning to set up an institute to train people who are affected by the project, said V Madhu, principal secretary, infrastructure department. "People in neighbouring villages who have been displaced due to BIAL project will be trained for employment in the institute," confirmed a senior BIAL official.

However, officials declined to give details on the training institute as the modalities are still being worked out.

K Marar, director-operations, BIAL, underlined that work on the second terminal will begin in a month or two. "The design for the second terminal is ready. Work will begin soon," he said.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/C...ow/6178403.cms

Actual meaning: Work on second terminal hasn't started yet. The great second terminal castle in the air

[ullasavadan]

Originally Posted by gentem

BIAL to set up with training institute

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/C...ow/6178403.cms

Actual meaning: Work on second terminal hasn't started yet. The great second terminal castle in the air

I do not think its a castle in the air. Right from beginning BIAL has been telling that the work will start in August - September 2010. Their statement that work will begin in a month or two is consistent with their earlier statements. I don't understnd why we need to be so pessimistic in every action of BIAL.

[raghussc]

Whoz the designer for the 2nd terminal ... any renderings out yet ? Or will they make ppl aware of the design half way thru the construction ?

[think-tank]

Originally Posted by raghussc

Whoz the designer for the 2nd terminal ... any renderings out yet ? Or will they make ppl aware of the design half way thru the construction ?

I guess HOK is the designer for T2, there are no renderings out yet but some unconfirmed information tells me that the new terminal will be quite big and represents culture of Karnataka, I'm not sure how accurate this is but I am 90% of sure of it.

[gentem]

Elevated highway to come up at Hebbal

Express News Service First Published : 17 Jul 2010 10:00:21 AM ISTLast Updated : 17 Jul 2010 10:34:09 AM IST

BANGALORE: The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has prepared an ambitious plan to construct a 3.5-km long elevated highway between Hebbal flyover and Yelahanka bypass junction.

The soil investigation test is in progress for the highway, as part of the project that will also involve the strengthening of the Bangalore International Airport Road, according to reliable sources.
“The total length of the road is 20 km.
Apart from the 6-lane elevated highway, service roads will be strengthened where it is necessary,” said Ravi Sudhakar, manager, NHAI.
The elevated highway is meant to ensure a signal-free passage from Hebbal to Yelahanka.
“We will construct either a mini flyover or an underpass at the traffic juctions at the remaining part of the road between Yelahanka and Bangalore International Airport (BIA) Road. If it becomes a reality, vehicles can move on the road without any problem,” Sudhakar said.
NHAI sources reveal that Navyuga has bagged the contract to construct the elevated highway and service roads.
“The contract has been awarded to Navyuga under the built operate and transfer (BOT) model. The company will transfer the elevated highway to the government after collecting the toll for 20 years,” he said.
The construction work for the highway is expected to start in six months.

http://expressbuzz.com/cities/bangal...al/190581.html




Why this Bangalore suburb is calling


Where the six-lane highway from Bangalore city to the international airport in Devanahalli branches off to the left into Doddaballapur Road, a hoarding proclaims: “Yelahanka is the new Gurgaon”.

Put up by a residential builder, it is a defining marker in the growth curve of Yelahanka, a suburb 15 km north of the city that was envisaged as a satellite town but is now under the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). Proximity to the new airport — 20 km away — has given wings to aspirations in the once sleepy town that has seen a property boom in the last five-six years.

With the Karnataka Assembly passing a Bill last Thursday to set up a 10,000-acre Information Technology Investment Region (ITIR) north of Devanahalli, analysts say real estate in Yelahanka is all set to rain returns in a few years.

V Madhu, Principal Secretary, Infrastructure Development Department of Karnataka, says the entire Hebbal-Yelahanka-Devanahalli stretch will see “substantial development” in the coming years, fuelled by a mega project around the airport encompassing an aerospace park, a financial district and the IT park, where, among others, Infosys has proposed to invest Rs 710 crore in a 12,000-seat software development centre and Wipro is set to develop a Rs 477-crore centre employing 15,000.

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Wh...calling/648153


Yelahanka is the new Gurgaon, Devanahalli IS NOT. That is because airport is already too far away compared to delhi gurgao distance.

[avinash2060]

ITIR is coming on other side of Airport (after Devanahalli Town) ,Airport is an epicenter of development,Rail and Road's Supplement Development .Space city is coming up 20 kms from BIAL ,till nandi hills is now considered as Bangalore

[gentem]

ITIR hasn't started yet, and will be a ghost town

Airport is NOT the epicenter of development if it is away from city.

[avinash2060]

Bangalore: After more than two years in operation, Bengaluru International Airport (BIA) will now go on an expansion mode.
The immediate focus will be expansion of terminal 1 (T1) to handle passenger traffic of 17 million per annum from its current capacity of 10 million. The process will happen in three phases, with the third involving construction of a second terminal building — terminal 2 (T2) — expected to handle 51 million passengers annually.
After the Joint House Legislature Committee (JHC) found a few lapses in BIA, the Bengaluru International Airport Ltd (BIAL) decided on expansion plans at its board meeting. The proposal was submitted to chief minister B S Yeddyurappa on Thursday.
“Immediate changes inside the terminal building include additional security checkpoint at both domestic and international terminals; rationalization of commercial space inside the airport to provide more seating area; exclusive lounge for government and VVIP dignitaries, lounges for various airlines and toilets,” Yeddyurappa said.
Nearly Rs 1,000 crore will be invested in the expansion plan. Sources in the infrastructure development department said the T1 design and expansion layout has been finalized. Work will begin in September.
T1 will be expanded by 70%, with additional passenger space of 50,000 sqms. Work will be completed in 18 months. While global architectural firm HOK will design the project, construction partners will be selected through a bidding process. T2 will initially be built to handle annual passenger traffic of around 15 million, which would be scaled up to 36 million.
WING
BY
WING
Phase 1
(immediate)
Additional security checkpoint at both domestic and international terminals. Rationalization of commercial space inside airport to provide more seating area. An exclusive lounge for government and other VVIP dignitaries; lounges for various airlines
Phase 2
(12-18 months)
Expansion of current terminal building to handle passenger traffic of 17 million per annum, from about 10 million
Phase 3
(in the next 4-8 years)
To build T2, that will cater to passenger traffic of 15 million per annum. It’ll be further expanded to handle 36 million passengers

TIMES NEWS NETWORK
http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Defau...Mode=HTML&GZ=T

[gentem]

Originally Posted by gentem

BIAL to set up with training institute

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/C...ow/6178403.cms

BIAL is planning to set up an institute to train people who are affected by the project, said V Madhu, principal secretary, infrastructure department. "People in neighbouring villages who have been displaced due to BIAL project will be trained for employment in the institute," confirmed a senior BIAL official.

However, officials declined to give details on the training institute as the modalities are still being worked out.

K Marar, director-operations, BIAL, underlined that work on the second terminal will begin in a month or two. "The design for the second terminal is ready. Work will begin soon," he said.


Actual meaning: Work on second terminal hasn't started yet. The great second terminal castle in the air

Originally Posted by ullasavadan

I do not think its a castle in the air. Right from beginning BIAL has been telling that the work will start in August - September 2010. Their statement that work will begin in a month or two is consistent with their earlier statements. I don't understnd why we need to be so pessimistic in every action of BIAL.

Okay, the verdict is out, the great T2 air castle is postponed by:

Phase 3
(in the next 4-8 years)
To build T2, that will cater to passenger traffic of 15 million per annum. It’ll be further expanded to handle 36 million passengers

[gentem]

Originally Posted by gentem

Elevated highway to come up at Hebbal

Express News Service First Published : 17 Jul 2010 10:00:21 AM ISTLast Updated : 17 Jul 2010 10:34:09 AM IST

BANGALORE: The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has prepared an ambitious plan to construct a 3.5-km long elevated highway between Hebbal flyover and Yelahanka bypass junction.


http://expressbuzz.com/cities/bangal...al/190581.html

Soil testing started already! All the way from hebbal to beyond yelahanka

[chenmani]

Wonder where they are going to find space for 'various airline lounges' unless they take away some space from already crowded general areas...

This latest version of 'announcement-ware' does not surprise me at all. After three months all we are seeing is further announcements, that too one that pushes T2 to 'when cows come home' era.....4-8 years...lol...even hardcore jingos will find that hard to swallow..I pity their gullible nature...wonder what they will say now..

The so-called T1 'expansion' from a already faked capacity of 10 million to a another pulled-from-hair statistic of 17m will also be a similar story..

This is what happens when you allow private monopolies to loot and plunder without oversight...

[Bangalore_Geek]

Originally Posted by chenmani

This is what happens when you allow private monopolies to loot and plunder without oversight...

Much much better than having every ounce of blood sucked out of us by Government agencies and departments, as was the norm before 1991.