Bengaluru International Airport
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| Bengaluru International Airport ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಅಂತಾರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯ ವಿಮಾನ ನಿಲ್ದಾಣ |
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| IATA: BLR – ICAO: VOBL | |||
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| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner/Operator | Bengaluru International Airport Ltd. (BIAL) | ||
| Serves | Bengaluru, India | ||
| Location | Devanahalli, Karnataka, India | ||
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| Direction | Length | Surface | |
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| 09/27 | 13,517 | 4,120[1] | Asphalt |
Bengaluru International Airport (IATA: BLR, ICAO: VOBL) is a 4,050 acres (16.4 km²) international airport serving the city of Bangalore, Karnataka, India. The airport is located in Devanahalli, which is 40 km (25 mi) from the city. It replaced the old HAL Bangalore International Airport. Construction of the airport began in July 2005, after a decade long postponement. It was expected to be inaugurated on March 30, 2008 but due to delays in air traffic control (ATC) services, it started its operations on the night of 23 May 2008, just before midnight.
Future plans for the airport site envisage expansion of the terminal and runways and generous commercial development, including business centers, tax-free shops, entertainment centers, malls and office space.
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[edit] Construction
The new airport was originally planned to accommodate 3.5 million passengers a year, but this has now been redesigned to handle 12 million passengers. The redesign resulted in an increase in the size of the terminal, number of aircraft stands, new taxiway layouts and supporting infrastructure.
A plan is also being processed for a direct rail service from Bangalore Cantonment Railway Station to the Basement Rail terminal at the airport. Access on the National Highway 7 is being widened to a six lane expressway, with a 3 feet (0.91 m) boundary wall, as construction moves ahead.
A new expressway is planned to connect the airport to the city's Ring Road. The expressway, expected to be a tolled road, would begin at Hennur on the Outer Ring Road.
[edit] Airport specifications
[edit] Terminal
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The passenger terminal is a single, fully air-conditioned, two-level building capable of accommodating international and domestic operations. The basement houses the retail storage, rest areas and services. The arrival and departure areas are separated vertically with a modern, simple, straight-ahead flow system. The domestic and international departure lounges, and the majority of the retail outlets are located on level 2 (first floor). The check-in facilities and baggage reclaim are located on level 1 (ground floor). The terminal is designed for ease of operation and minimum maintenance.
The total floor area is approximately 71,000 m² (760,000 sq ft). The terminal building is designed to accommodate 2,733 passengers at peak hour. The design reflects the best industry practice and caters for 24-hour-operations, under all weather conditions. All facilities provided will meet IATA standards.
The airport can handle 12 million people per annum with 30 aircraft movement per hour and an estimated 440 movement in May 2008.
CUTE[clarify] enabled check-in counters: 53 and 18 self check in counters.
The airport has 20 gates, 8 aero-bridges, including one double arm and 9 remote bus bays. There are a total of 42 aircraft stands, all of which have a fueling pit. This is the first time in Indian airports that the parking stands have the fueling pits. The underground pits helps the aircraft to fuel from the stand itself.
In the first phase of development, a car park for 2,000 cars in front of the terminal building at the ground level has been developed for the convenience of passengers and visitors to the airport.
[edit] Runway
The airport has one runway as of now. The runway can accommodate all types of aircraft including the Airbus A380. There are plans to build a second runway when the annual traffic of the airport reaches 18 million passengers per year which is currently estimated to reach around 2013-2014.
The runway, orientated 09/27, is 4,120 m (13,517 ft) by 45 m (150 ft) with light light paved shoulders making it 60 m (200 ft).
[edit] ATC frequencies in use
The frequencies in use at BLR are:
| Call Sign | Used for | Frequency | |
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| 1 | Bangalore Tower | Runway to 6,000 ft (1,800 m) | 123.45 MHz |
| 2 | Bangalore Approach | 6,000 ft (1,800 m) feet to 12,000 ft (3,700 m) | 121.25 MHz and 121.75 MHz |
| 3 | Bangalore Ground | Ground movement - off runway | 121.65 MHz |
| 4 | Clearance delivery position | All departures to contact 15min prior to pushback giving the departures/ flight details | 121.825 MHz |
| 5 | Bangalore ASR/TAR | Information | 119.45 MHz |
Most aircraft move to Chennai ATC airspace immediately before or after Bangalore. Chennai ATC is operated on 119.5 MHz.
[edit] Miscellaneous
Cost: Rs 2,470 crore (approx. $600 Million USD)
[edit] Airport service providers
[edit] Retail and duty free
The international departure section would eventually house one of the largest duty free outlets in India, selling the best of international liquor, tobacco, luxury and premium perfumes, cosmetics, souvenirs, gifts, arts and crafts from local artisans, exclusive electronics outlets, books, music, local and international fashion, apparel, jewellery and accessories.
The arrival duty free outlet would offer liquor and tobacco, perfumes and cosmetics, electronics outlets and accessories. The arrival duty free has been designed keeping in mind increasing security regulations.
The domestic departures would include a Shoppers' Stop department store, a Crossword book store, electronics outlets, a confectionery store that sells sweets and chocolates from India and abroad, as well as shops for books, music, fashion, apparel, jewelery and accessories.
[edit] Food
- Curbside Retail and Food and Beverage (F&B): Radha Krishna Hospitality Services (RKHS) - South Indian cuisine
- Subway and Baskin-Robbins: Continental food
- KaatiZone and Gangotree Chats: North Indian cuisine
- Odyssey: magazines, gifts, flowers
[edit] Domestic Retail and F&B
- Retail: Shoppers' Stop, La Moda, Life’s Spirit, Crossword, Carbon jewelry, Mithaas
- F&B: Taste of India, Time out bar, Barista bar, Cookieman
[edit] International Retail and F&B
- Retail and Duty Free: Spirit of India, Crossword, Sound & Vision, Deepika Govind and Ethos watches
- F&B: Kingfisher Sports Bar with Pizza Hut and Illy Café.
[edit] Foreign Exchange
- Thomas Cook
- TT Forex
[edit] Main F&B operators
- HMS Host
- Café Coffee Day
[edit] Ground handling
- GlobeGround India
- Consortium of Air India and Singapore Air Terminal Services (SATS)
[edit] Flight catering
[edit] Cargo handling
- Consortium of Air India and Singapore Air Terminal Services (SATS)
- Consortium of Bobba Group and Menzies Aviation
[edit] Aviation fuel facility
- Consortium of Skytanking and Indian Oil Corporation
[edit] Into plane fueling services
- Consortium of Bharat Petroleum (BPCL) and ST Airport Services Pvt Ltd (STARS)
- Consortium of Skytanking and Indian Oil Corporation
[edit] Hospitality
A 321 room five star hotel has been proposed as part of the airport complex, opposite the main terminal building. This hotel, owned and operated jointly by Oberoi Hotels and Larsen & Toubro under the Trident Hilton brand, is scheduled for opening in November 2008. It will comprise extensive business facilities in addition to three restaurants, a lounge bar, banquet room and health spa. Oberoi Hotels is the second largest hospitality operator in India, while Larsen & Toubro is India's largest private sector construction major. The hotel has been designed by architects RSP India, while interiors and landscaping has been designed by P Associates of Bangkok. The project is currently under construction.
[edit] Transport to the airport
As the new airport is 40 km (40,000 m) outside the city, a new high-speed rail link is being planned to connect the city to the airport. Namma Metro is expected to launch commercial operations from March 2010.[2]
Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation runs nine bus routes from as many locations in the city to connect to the new airport.[3] By Road, you can reach BIAL through Hebbal via Bellary Road, through NH-Yelahanka people can also reach BIAL throgh Yelahanka via Vidyaranyapura where Traffic is quite less
Official transportation by BIAL.
- MeruCabs and Easycabs for taxi services
- Hertz and Akbar Travels for luxury transport services
- BMTC Vayu Vajra A/C Volvo buses
- BMTC Suvarna and Vahini non A/C buses
[edit] Airlines and destinations
[edit] Domestic
- Air India (Ahmedabad, Delhi, Goa, Hyderabad, Kochi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Pune)
- Deccan (Ahmedabad, Belgaum, Bellary, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Coimbatore, Delhi, Hyderabad, Indore, Kochi, Kolkata, Madurai, Mangalore, Mumbai, Nagpur, Pune, Trichy, Tirupati, Vijaywada, Visakhapatnam)
- GoAir (Delhi, Mumbai,Hyderabad,Ahmedabad)
- IndiGo Airlines (Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kochi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Nagpur, Pune, Vadodra)
- Jet Airways (Kochi, Kolkata, Mangalore, Mumbai, Pune, Thiruvananthapuram, Delhi, Chennai, Goa, Coimbatore)
- Jet Lite (Chennai, Coimbatore, Delhi, Jaipur, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Bhubaneswar, Ahmedabad, Kolkata)
- Kingfisher Airlines (Agatti, Ahmedabad, Chennai, Delhi, Goa, Guwahati, Hubli, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kochi, Kolkata, Mangalore, Mumbai, Pune, Thiruvananthapuram, Vadodara)
- Paramount Airways (Chennai, Madurai)
- SpiceJet (Ahmedabad, Chennai, Delhi, Goa, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Kolkata, Mumbai, Pune)
[edit] International
- Air Arabia (Sharjah)
- Air France (Paris-Charles de Gaulle)
- Air India ( Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Dubai, Muscat, Sharjah, Singapore)
- Indian Airlines (Male')
- Air Mauritius (Mauritius)
- British Airways (London-Heathrow)
- Emirates Airline (Dubai)
- Gulf Air (Bahrain)
- Lufthansa (Frankfurt)
- Malaysia Airlines (Kuala Lumpur)
- Singapore Airlines (Singapore)
- SriLankan Airlines (Colombo)
- Thai Airways International (Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi)
- Tiger Airways (Singapore)
[edit] Cargo
- Air France Cargo (Paris-Charles de Gaulle)
- Air India Cargo (Frankfurt, Paris-Charles de Gaulle)
- Alitalia Cargo (Rome)
- Blue Dart Aviation (Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Delhi)
- Emirates SkyCargo (Dubai)
- Etihad Crystal Cargo (Abu Dhabi)
- Gulf Cargo (Bahrain)
- Jet Airways (Delhi)
- Lufthansa Cargo (Frankfurt)
- MASkargo (Kuala Lumpur)
- Qatar Airways Cargo (Doha)
- Singapore Airlines Cargo (Singapore)
- SriLankan Cargo (Colombo)
- Thai Airways Cargo (Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi)
- Transmile Air Services (Kuala Lumpur)
[edit] New service announced
- Air India (San Francisco) [Tentative: August 2008]
- Dragonair (Hong Kong) [Begins 1 July]
- Kingfisher Airlines (Hong Kong, San Francisco) [begins 26 August], (New York-JFK) [begins Sept 1 2008]
- Oman Air (Muscat) [Begins 15 June]
- Jazeera Airways (Kuwait)[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Revised Master Plan
- ^ BMRC's smart plans for Metro Project.
- ^ BMTC bus services for Bengaluru Airport.
- ^ [1]Article in Business Standard
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