Bengaluru International Airport Ltd, or Bial, plans to build a terminal for low-cost airlines, which would be the country’s first, as it gears up for rapid growth that could congest the terminal opened in May.Nearly a third of air travellers to Bangalore fly budget airlines such as the Deccan Aviation Ltd-run Simplifly Deccan or Spicejet Ltd. The new airport can handle around 12 million passengers in its first year of operation. The Bial board will consider the plan in July in addition to a second terminal and runway.
The terminal could be ready by December 2009. Bial, a consortium led by Siemens Projects Ventures GmbH and Larsen and Toubro Ltd, expects to invest Rs2,500 crore in phase II of expansion, including a runway, to tackle passenger traffic expected to grow to 18 million in three years.
The terminal could be ready by December 2009. Bial, a consortium led by Siemens Projects Ventures GmbH and Larsen and Toubro Ltd, expects to invest Rs2,500 crore in phase II of expansion, including a runway, to tackle passenger traffic expected to grow to 18 million in three years.
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