Ahmedabad (AMD) | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport

[gradybush]

Originally Posted by todscreen

the air side could do with a revamp.

the land side however looks awesome.

again, that is about the Domestic Terminal. The International Terminal is the most horrible looking airport building you might have ever seen. Hopefully, the new one is inaugurated soon.

[IndiansUnite]

The new international terminal can be seen in these shots -

April 24
Copyright Sunandan Subramaniam

[GJ10]

Work for Ahmedabads New International Terminal is Behind Schedule

Work on new international terminal of the city airport is running behind schedule. Passengers will have to wait another few months at least for better facilities.

The Government of India had approved the construction of a New International Terminal Building along with city side approach road, car parking and apron, GSE area on airside at Ahmedabad Airport in 2006. The project was expected to be completed in 18 months from the date of sanction but it has not been completed till today.

The Italian Thai Development (ITD)-Pratibha Consortium, Mumbai that took the first phase work for the terminal building measuring 225 x 88 metres, will be completing it at a cost of Rs 122 crore.

The second phase of the extension work of the terminal building of 45 x 88 metres has been allotted to M S Khurana Engineering Limited at Rs 80 crore. The Phase–II of the work is only a linear expansion of the terminal to accommodate passengers traffic of 800 arrivals and 800 departures. The capacity of phase I Terminal Building will be saturated in 2012-13, thus phase-II execution will be taken during 2011 and will be completed in 2012.

The international passengers traffic in this airport during 2004-05 was 3.73 lakhs passengers, presently it is around 5.5. to 6 lakh annually. The peak hour passengers are 450, whereas, passengers handling capacity of the existing building is 400 only. The existing building is thus saturated.

The International traffic at Ahmedabad Airport is forecasted to grow at a rate of 10% upto 2011-12 and 7% beyond 2011-12. The international passengers traffic is estimated to be 8.64 lakhs during 2013-14 and 11.14 lakhs during 2016-17. The peak hour passengers during 2012-13 will be 500 arrivals and 500 departures. The new Terminal Building has been planned to handle 1000 passengers (500 arrival and 500 departure). In phase II, the capacity will be enhanced to 1600 passengers.

After the completion of New International Terminal Building, the International operations shall be shifted to New Building. The existing building shall be used to cater to international cargo operations. The Airports Authority of India had appointed Global Technical Advisors (GTA) and Indian Financial Advisor (IFA) to give suggestions regarding the overall development of Ahmedabad International Airport.

The project has been planned according to International Airport Transport Association (IATA) norms for various facilities and intelligent building management systems.

On completion of the project the capacity of the International Terminal at the Ahmedabad Airport in two phases, the peak hour passengers traffic will enhance to 800 arrivals and 800 departures.

The new terminal, having both the arrival and the departure sections, will have many firsts for the Ahmedabad airport. Besides having separate taxi and VIP car parking, there will be half a kilometer-long Inter-linked Terminal (ILT), which will connect the domestic and the international airports, making the changeover of flights hassle-free. This will also help in making the airport as an international transit hub, in turn, reducing the burden at the Delhi and Mumbai airports.

Another first is the coming up of four aerobridges at the terminal to facilitate the movement of passengers from the aircraft to the terminal building. Once ready, the domestic and the international terminals will together have enough room to park 33 aircraft. It will also have sufficient room to welcome the world’s largest commercial aircraft, the Airbus-380.

Truly 3rd World State of Affairs.

[united]

does the new domestic terminal have aerobridges ?

[gradybush]

Originally Posted by united

does the new domestic terminal have aerobridges ?

No. It doesn't. It does have two of those projections on which they can be installed.

[viedumonde]

4 aerobridges will take you non-stop to domestic flights

Ahmedabad: Finally, the airport authority has some good news for passengers using the Sardar Vallabhabhai International Airport, Ahmedabad, for domestic flights. They will now no longer have to take bus rides from aircraft after deplaning, or to waiting planes to board a flight.

The airport will soon be fitted with aerobridges which will take passengers directly to the airport building from a plane, and vice versa.

Talking to DNA, the director of Ahmedabad airport, BP Bhagat, said that work on installing the aerobridges at the airport had already begun. "We will have four aerobridges and we are optimistic that they will be operational within a month," he said.

The airport authority will be spending around Rs6 crore to set up the bridges, their length varying from 16.6 metres to a maximum of 31 metres. The bridges will be attached to the domestic terminal building and it would be possible to stretch them to a standing aircraft. Aerobridges are like tunnels connecting the airport building with aircraft waiting for passengers.

For the time being, the aerobridges would be installed at only the domestic terminal but a similar facility would also be set up at the international flights' terminal which is currently under construction.
With the installation of these bridges, passengers would not need to take a bus or walk to reach their waiting flights, nor would they need to take the escalators. The bridge, which is like an extended passage, will be attached to the terminal of the waiting hall's first floor. From there, passengers can directly go to their flights.

According to airport officials, aerobridges are not new for airports in Mumbai, Delhi or Bangalore. But, for Ahmedabad airport, this facility will be a wholly new experience.

Sources, however, said that the aerobridges are not going to make much difference at the city's airport because it needs more aerobridges.

[killerk]

Originally Posted by viedumonde

4 aerobridges will take you non-stop to domestic flights

Ahmedabad: Finally, the airport authority has some good news for passengers using the Sardar Vallabhabhai International Airport, Ahmedabad, for domestic flights. They will now no longer have to take bus rides from aircraft after deplaning, or to waiting planes to board a flight.

The airport will soon be fitted with aerobridges which will take passengers directly to the airport building from a plane, and vice versa.

Talking to DNA, the director of Ahmedabad airport, BP Bhagat, said that work on installing the aerobridges at the airport had already begun. "We will have four aerobridges and we are optimistic that they will be operational within a month," he said.

The airport authority will be spending around Rs6 crore to set up the bridges, their length varying from 16.6 metres to a maximum of 31 metres. The bridges will be attached to the domestic terminal building and it would be possible to stretch them to a standing aircraft. Aerobridges are like tunnels connecting the airport building with aircraft waiting for passengers.

For the time being, the aerobridges would be installed at only the domestic terminal but a similar facility would also be set up at the international flights' terminal which is currently under construction.
With the installation of these bridges, passengers would not need to take a bus or walk to reach their waiting flights, nor would they need to take the escalators. The bridge, which is like an extended passage, will be attached to the terminal of the waiting hall's first floor. From there, passengers can directly go to their flights.

According to airport officials, aerobridges are not new for airports in Mumbai, Delhi or Bangalore. But, for Ahmedabad airport, this facility will be a wholly new experience.

Sources, however, said that the aerobridges are not going to make much difference at the city's airport because it needs more aerobridges.

No other country, state, city in the world can boast of such an article explaining the installation aerobridges in such detail and pomposity that too in the 21st century.....Way to go Ahmedabad....!! India is truly entering the the elite group also known as the 1st world!!! (for those of you who do not know, China just introduced 300+ kmph long distance trains in October 2008)

[ankushgupta]

Originally Posted by killerk

(for those of you who do not know, China just introduced 300+ kmph long distance trains in October 2008)

What China or "300+ kmph long distance trains" has to do with Ahm'd Airport?

[killerk]

Originally Posted by ankushgupta

What China or "300+ kmph long distance trains" has to do with Ahm'd Airport?

did u see that in any news paper?? no......

[viedumonde]

Originally Posted by killerk

did u see that in any news paper?? no......

Of course it was.... with the photographs... even in all regional language newspapers of India.
I think US media should show you things other than Afghanistan, Iraq, North Korea and Iran, to give you a better world view.

Bye the way, it's not a boast, it's just a news in a country where only 4 airports have aerobridges.

[krishnancv]

What? 4 airports in India?
New Delhi has been having aerobridges from around 1985.
Mumbai from 1981.
Chennai has been having from 1988.
Kolkata and Bangalore(from HAL airport) from 1992.
Hyderabad has been having from Begumpet's days itself.
Kochi International airport has been having it right from its inception. So aerobridges aren't new in India with 9 airports(from 7 cities) having it.
Also other airports like Trivandrum Int'l airport, Trichy airport, Amritsar airport, Jaipur Airport are in advanced stages of commissioning them.

[todscreen]

Originally Posted by krishnancv

What? 4 airports in India?
New Delhi has been having aerobridges from around 1985.
Mumbai from 1981.
Chennai has been having from 1988.
Kolkata and Bangalore(from HAL airport) from 1992.
Hyderabad has been having from Begumpet's days itself.
Kochi International airport has been having it right from its inception. So aerobridges aren't new in India with 9 airports(from 7 cities) having it.
Also other airports like Trivandrum Int'l airport, Trichy airport, Amritsar airport, Jaipur Airport are in advanced stages of commissioning them.

your fact is incorrect. Kolkata had aero bridges long before any other airport in India. It was the capital of India for crying out loud.

[zenith_suv]

Ok fine , KUSA.

The point Krishnan was trying to make was countering what someone had written regarding 4 cities in India having aerobridges , which is wholly and toally wrong so I hope people can stop BS now.

[todscreen]

i know..i was just correcting his factual misrepresentation.

[vvr]

Originally Posted by todscreen

your fact is incorrect. Kolkata had aero bridges long before any other airport in India. It was the capital of India for crying out loud.

Tod must know what he is talking about. Kolkata has had aerobridges since the days it was the capital of India.

PS. If I remember my history right, Kol (or Cal in those days) was the capital of India until 1911.

[gradybush]

Originally Posted by viedumonde

Of course it was.... with the photographs... even in all regional language newspapers of India.
I think US media should show you things other than Afghanistan, Iraq, North Korea and Iran, to give you a better world view.

Bye the way, it's not a boast, it's just a news in a country where only 4 airports have aerobridges.

Everyone is trying to be hyper whereas the plain fact is what the guy is trying to convey is there is a very small percentage of airports in India having aero bridges. No need to go into so much argument about how its not 4 but 6 or 7 and all that. Fact is its a small number.

[killerk]

My point is getting aerobridges in an airport is NO BIG NEWS!!! some people (from Ahmedabad) who have their facts about India absolutely wrong and think that in US ppl know only about Iraq, North Korea etc.etc. should go around India and see the cities/airports there first...(and then go to Malaysia and Singapore and the Middle east to see how airports are supposed to be made)....

and if it helps India's favorite airline "Air India" now has in the tune of Rs4000 crore losses.....and why is that?? part of the reason is because airports in India are still thinking about aerobridges while the sensible Gujarati brothers and sisters know that they can get quality service flying Emirates through the world class hub at Dubai where if they are lucky to be upgraded to first class, they can get complementary SPA treatment....

i am glad no one posted pictures of the toilets!! In India even basic services like that becomes page 3 news material!!!

[GJ10]

Yes, its an over-enthusiastic, overly-thorough article written by someone who's clearly a planespotting geek.

Well done for spotting that killerk, Congratulations. You must be very proud.

so now, can we get over it and stop using the most idiotic pieces of journalism as a gauge of progress?

India is a country where electricity, water, food, shelter etc are still big issues, if you look at it that way, nothing to do with any Airport is of any significance when people out there havent got food, homes, sanitation. Yet ppl want to start d!ckmeasuring about when their city first had aerobridges? Get some bloody perspective ppl.

This attitude is so counter-productive. When any step, however small, is taken towards modernisation, theres always this negative, energy sucking bunch of whiny ppl who get some sort of kick out of s******ing about it and deriding Indian Cities with comparisons to tiny, ultra rich, ultra modern, city states or in this case, the Commercial Centre of the Arab World.

I just wish these ppl would apply their view of what is "NO NEWS", when repeating this same drivel all over SSC India.

[yashchauhan]

Mr. Killerk(what a devil of a name) go and concentrate your great mind in protecting your job because we all know what is happening in America these days.Your superpower days are over and out and you people will not even get to realize how India and other emerging economies have taken over the world order AND as far as aerobridges are concerned , yes they are a luxury for us but only for a year or two as by then almost every small or big airport in our country will have them.

[qwertyasd]

No bailouts for Air India! Not my tax money for those babus.