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Kempegowda International Airport
File:Bengaluru Airport Logo.svg
  • IATA: BLR
  • ICAO: VOBL
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Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorBangalore International Airport Limited
GVK Group[1]
ServesBangalore
LocationDevanahalli, Karnataka, India
Opened23 May 2008
Hub for
Focus city forAir India
Elevation AMSL915 m / 3,002 ft
Coordinates13°11′56″N 077°42′20″E / 13.19889°N 77.70556°E / 13.19889; 77.70556 (Kempegowda International Airport)
Websitewww.bengaluruairport.com
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
09/27 4,120 13,520 Asphalt
Statistics (Apr '13 – Mar '14)
Passenger movements12,868,830
Aircraft movements117,728
Cargo tonnage242,391
Source: AAI[2][3]

Kempegowda International Airport (IATA: BLR, ICAO: VOBL) is an international airport serving the Indian city of Bangalore. It is 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) south of Devanahalli and is 40 kilometres (25 mi) from the central business district of Bangalore, (30 kilometres (19 mi) from the Bangalore City Railway Station[4]) and covers 5,100 acres (2,100 ha).[5] It replaced the HAL airport. For the financial year 2011–12, it is the fourth busiest airport in the country in overall passenger traffic (12.69 million) after Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai, and fifth busiest in international passenger traffic.[6] It was awarded "India's best airport" for the year 2011 by the survey conducted by Skytrax.

Kempegowda International Airport handled about 12.6 million passengers and had air traffic movements (ATM) of about 330 per day in 2011.[7] The airport is expected to handle 18 million passengers in 2015. It is host to 10 domestic airlines and 21 international airlines connecting the city to about 50 destinations across India and rest of the world. It served as a hub for debt-ridden Kingfisher Airlines until 20 October 2012 and serves as a focus city for Air India, Jet Airways, JetLite, IndiGo, SpiceJet, and GoAir. Former Air Deccan also had its base at BIA.

Construction

The airport project started as a public-private joint venture between Germany's Siemens Project Ventures GmbH, Government of Karnataka and Airports Authority of India (AAI).[8] Construction began in July 2005, after a decade long postponement. The new airport was originally planned to accommodate 3.5 million passengers a year, but this was later redesigned to handle 12 million passengers per year. 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 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 has been widened to a six-lane expressway.

Kempegowda International Airport was expected to be inaugurated on 30 March 2008, but due to delays in air traffic control (ATC) services, it was finally inaugurated on 23 May 2008 just before midnight when a Jet Airways flight from Mumbai landed. Minutes later an Indian flight to Singapore left Kempegowda International Airport, making it the first take-off. HAL airport, located in down town Bangalore was then closed to public commercial aviation.

The airport was later expanded in 2012, to provide for more passengers and aircraft. New architectural elements were also added to improve the aesthestic look of the terminal.

Description

The curbside at BIA
BIA Terminal building at night
Check-in counters in the main hall
Domestic security check area

Ownership

External videos
video icon Terminal 1 expansion video

BIAL is a Public Limited Company under the Companies Act formed to build, own and operate Kempegowda International Airport. BIAL has been given rights by the Government of India to develop, design, finance, operate and manage the airport for 30 years from the date of commencement of commercial flight operations. It has an option to extend the right for an additional 30 years. Private promoters hold a (74% GVK, 43%, Siemens Project Ventures GmbH 26%, and Unique Zurich 5%) stake in BIAL while the government holds the remaining 26% (Karnataka State Industrial Investment and Development Corporation 13% and Airport Authority of India 13%).[9][10] Further, a 26% of (GVK-KIA)'s equity is owned by the Airport Authority of India and the Karnataka State Industrial Investment & Development Corporation. In January 2012, GVK acquired 43% of this equity from the private promoters. [11][12]

Passenger terminal

The passenger terminal is a single, fully air conditioned, four-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 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 170,000 m2 (1,800,000 sq ft); the terminal building is designed to accommodate 5,400 passengers at peak hour. The design reflects the best industry practice and caters for 24-hour operations, under all weather conditions. Kempegowda International Airport meets the standards set by the Airports Authority of India (AAI), the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and the International Air Transport Association (IATA).[5]

The airport can handle 20 million people per annum with 35 aircraft movements per hour and an estimated 576 movements. At its peak, it can handle 720 aircraft movements in a day.

There are Common Use Terminal Equipment (CUTE) enabled check-in counters: 90 and 25 self check-in counters.

The airport has 38 gates, 20 aero-bridges, including three double arm, and 18 remote bus bays. There are 45 aircraft stands, all of which have a fuelling pit. This is the first time in Indian airports that the parking stands have fuelling 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 vehicles in front of the terminal building at the ground level has been developed for the convenience of passengers and visitors.

Expansion

On 19 January 2010, BIAL embarked on an expansion plan and fast tracked extension of the current terminal, which includes new architectural components.[13]

  • The first phase of construction of the new terminal is expected to cater to passenger traffic of about 15 million per year. There are plans to expand the new terminal to cater to 36 million passengers per year.[14]
  • The existing terminal would be expanded to cater to 17 million passengers per year. Work on the expansion began on 6 June 2011.[15]
  • The expansion would also increase the number of check-in counters and the seating capacity at the waiting areas. Once done, Terminal 1 would be capable of handling the A380 aircraft.[15][16]
  • To reduce the number of flight delays due to fog it is proposed that the runway will be upgraded to Category III B standard. This upgrading will be done when the second runway will be constructed (along with Terminal 2).

Hajj terminal

Kempegowda International Airport has an exclusive terminal for Hajj pilgrims. This terminal can handle up to 600 passengers at a time. Designated prayer rooms for men and women and separate hot water facilities for Wadu (cleansing before prayers) are available in the terminal.[15]

Runway

Kempegowda International Airport has one runway, 09/27, 4,120 m × 60 m (13,520 ft × 200 ft), that can accommodate all types of aircraft. There are plans to build a second runway when the annual traffic reaches 18 million passengers per year which it is currently estimated to reach around 2013–2014.

Repair work

In January 2012, BIAL announced that the airport would remain fully closed to all flight operations from 11 March until 3 April 2012 between 10:30 and 17:30 IST (05:00 UTC to 12:00 UTC) during which the top layer of its only runway was completely replaced. Following this initial phase, the runway was partly closed during phases 2 and 3 until 1 May.[17][18]

Retail services and lounges

As well as a range of retail outlets the airport has dedicated departure lounges:[19]

On 21 January 2011, a new VIP departure and arrival lounge was inaugurated. One lounge at level one of the terminal will serve departing domestic and international dignitaries and the other on the ground floor will serve arriving dignitaries.

Aviation fuel services

The airport has a fuel farm and hydrant system: a 36 kilometres (22 mi) fuel pipeline was commissioned in October 2009 by Indian Oil from Devanagonthi to the airport to reduce the need to transport jet fuel to the airport.[19]

Cargo village

The cargo village was inaugurated on 9 December 2009. It houses 120 freight forwarders and 80 custom house agents and can accommodate parking of nearly 80 trucks. There are two cargo terminals in the village. One is operated by Menzies Aviation Bobba Pvt Ltd. This terminal has an initial capacity to handle 150,000 metric tons (170,000 short tons) of cargo. The other terminal is operated by Air India SATS Joint Venture consortium. This terminal has a two-floor warehouse with a capacity of 200,000 metric tons (220,000 short tons).

Airlines and destinations

Kingfisher Airlines and Air India aircraft at the parking bay of the airport

Passenger airlines

AirlinesDestinations
Air Arabia Sharjah
AirAsia Kuala Lumpur
AirAsia India Chandigarh (begins 5 September 2014), Chennai, Goa, Jaipur (begins 5 September 2014),[20] Kochi, Lucknow (Begins 3rd November 2014)
Air Costa Ahmedabad, Coimbatore, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam
Air France Paris-Charles de Gaulle
Air India Chennai, Delhi, Dubai, Goa, Hyderabad, Kochi, Kolkata, Malé, Mumbai, Muscat, Pune, Thiruvananthapuram
Air India Express Mangalore
Air India Regional Agatti, Kochi, Mangalore
Air Mauritius Mauritius
British Airways London-Heathrow
Dragonair Hong Kong
Emirates Dubai
Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi
GoAirAhmedabad, Bagdogra, Delhi, Goa, Jaipur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Pune
IndiGo Agartala, Ahmedabad, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Goa, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Indore, Jaipur, Kochi, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Patna, Pune, Raipur, Ranchi, Trivandrum, Vadodara, Varanasi, Visakhapatnam
Jet Airways Abu Dhabi, Ahmedabad, Chennai, Dehradun, Delhi, Goa, Kochi, Mumbai, Pune, Thiruvananthapuram
JetKonnect Ahmedabad, Chennai, Coimbatore, Dehradun, Delhi, Goa, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Imphal, Kochi, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mangalore, Mumbai, Nagpur, Pune, Rajahmundry, Thiruvananthapuram, Tiruchirapalli, Vadodara, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam
Lufthansa Frankfurt
Malaysia Airlines Kuala Lumpur
Oman Air Muscat
Qatar Airways Doha
Saudia Dammam, Jeddah, Riyadh
SilkAir Singapore
Singapore Airlines Singapore
SpiceJet Agartala, Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Belgaum, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Goa, Guwahati, Hubli, Hyderabad, Kochi, Kolkata, Kozhikode, Mangalore, Mumbai, Mysore (ends 1 September 2014),[21] Pune, Srinagar, Surat, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam
SriLankan Airlines Colombo
Thai Airways International Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi
Tigerair Singapore

Cargo airlines

AirlinesDestinations
Blue Dart Aviation Ahmedabad, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Mumbai
Cathay Pacific Cargo Delhi, Hong Kong, Hyderabad
DHL Aviation operated by AeroLogic Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi,[citation needed] Leipzig/Halle,[22] Singapore[citation needed]
Etihad Crystal Cargo Abu Dhabi
FedEx Express Dubai, Guangzhou
FitsAir Colombo
Lufthansa Cargo Frankfurt
Qatar Airways Cargo Doha[23]
Singapore Airlines Cargo Amsterdam, Singapore
SriLankan Cargo Colombo-Bandaranaike

Connectivity

BMTC Volvo buses connecting the city to the airport
The trumpet interchange connecting BIA to NH-7 (Bangalore – Hyderabad road) seen from a landing aircraft.

Road

As an alternative to taxis, passengers can use car rental services.[24]

Auto rickshaws are not allowed beyond the trumpet interchange leading to the airport, but passengers can get dropped off at the trumpet interchange by an auto rickshaw and then use an airport shuttle bus from the interchange.[25]

Shuttle service provided by the Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC), connects parts of the city to the airport. This service is known as Vayu Vajra. BMTC runs nine routes using its fleet of Green Volvo buses. These buses make 251 trips in a day. Vayu Vajra is a 24/7 service. All Vayu Vajra services have route numbers designated with a KIAS prefix.[26][27]

As the airport is 40 kilometres (25 mi) outside the city, a new high-speed rail link has been approved to connect it to the city.[28] The high-speed rail link would be integrated with the Bangalore Metro and would cover a distance of 33 kilometres (21 mi) with four stations: Cubbon Road (Terminal Station), Hebbal, Yelahanka, and Kempegowda International Airport (Terminal Station).[29] The project is expected to cost ₹69 billion (US$830 million). Of the ₹69 billion (US$830 million), the State Government would contribute ₹5.32 billion (US$64 million) (mainly for land acquisition) while the Central Government would contribute ₹10.4 billion (US$120 million).[30]

Renaming

On 27 February 2009, the Government of Karnataka forwarded the proposal to the central government to rename the airport after the city's founder, Kempe Gowda I. In 2011, the state government sent another proposal to the central government to name the airport after Kempegowda.[31] In 2012, the central government accepted the state government's proposal to name the airport after Kempegowda.[32] On 18 July 2013, the Union Cabinet formally approved the name change.[33] Finally, the airport was officially renamed on 14 December 2013. Along with the renaming, new terminal 1A was inaugurated on the same occasion.[34]

Awards and honours

  • Even though there was an economic slowdown, BIA managed to keep its traffic base and route network stable. It was hence awarded "The Routes Asia Airport Marketing Award" chosen among five others in the Indian subcontinent.[35]
  • At the Emerging Markets Airports Awards 2010, held in Dubai, BIA was awarded "The Best Emerging Airport in Indian sub-continent."[36][37]
  • It received a platinum certification from IATA in January 2010 for becoming "The first airport in India to be 100% Bar Coded Boarding Passes (BCBP) compliant."[15]
  • At the CNBC AWAAZ Travel Awards 2010 held at Delhi, BIA was awarded "The Best Managed Airport in India."[38]

References

  1. ^ GVK | Our Business – Airports – GVK KIA Bengaluru
  2. ^ March 2013 Traffic Statistics
  3. ^ "Airports Authority of India". Aai.aero. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  4. ^ Aerodrome Geographical and Administrative Data
  5. ^ a b BIA Phase 1
  6. ^ AAI traffic figures 2010–2011
  7. ^ "Airports Authority of India". Aai.aero. 20 April 2010. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  8. ^ Siemens
  9. ^ "Share holders of BIAL". centerforaviation.com. 31 August 2010. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
  10. ^ "GVK becomes biggest stake holder". Times of India. 23 August 2011. Retrieved 6 October 2011.
  11. ^ http://www.gvk.com/media/Bangalore%20International%20Airport.pdf
  12. ^ About BIA
  13. ^ T1 expansion images
  14. ^ "BIAL to fast track new terminal building". Business Standard. 20 January 2010. Retrieved 17 November 2012.
  15. ^ a b c d "BIA media releases". Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  16. ^ "BIA hits expansion button". Times of India. 30 July 2010.
  17. ^ Bangalore runway surface failure
  18. ^ "No flights at BIA for 7 hrs from today". Bangalore: The Times of India. 11 March 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
  19. ^ a b BIA airport partners
  20. ^ JL (25 July 2014). "AirAsia India Expands Operation from Sep 2014". Airlineroute.net. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  21. ^ http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/spicejet-to-discontinue-operations-from-mysore/article6258715.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication
  22. ^ "2013 summer schedule". Aero Logic. Retrieved 13 August 2013.
  23. ^ QR Cargo to BLR
  24. ^ Car rentals to the airport
  25. ^ Shuttle buses from trumpet interchange to the airport
  26. ^ "BMTC bus services for Kempegowda International Airport". BMTCinfo.com.
  27. ^ Bus services to the airport
  28. ^ "High-speed rail to BIA gets Govt nod". Times of India. 22 June 2009.
  29. ^ Rail link to BIA
  30. ^ "High speed rail-link for BIA". The Hindu. 27 April 2010. Retrieved 30 November 2010.
  31. ^ "Govt to push Centre for 'Kempe Gowda' airport". Bangalore: Deccan Herald. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 6 April 2012.
  32. ^ "Centre accepts proposal to name Kempegowda International Airport after Kempegowda". Bangalore: The Economic Times. 6 April 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2012.
  33. ^ Kempegowda International Airport named after city founder Kempe Gowda
  34. ^ "Kempegowda International Airport to be renamed Kempegowda International Airport on Dec 14 – The Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 24 November 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
  35. ^ "Kempegowda International Airport bags Asian award". Kuwait Samachar. 1 April 2009.
  36. ^ "Inaugural Emerging Markets Airports Award". Zawya.com. 28 April 2010.
  37. ^ "BIA Wins Best Emerging Airport Award". The Hindu. 30 April 2010. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
  38. ^ "BIA bags "The Best Managed Airport Award". mybangalore.com. 13 September 2010. Retrieved 29 November 2010.

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