Mumbai's New Airport Terminal Friday Jan 10,2014

 

Mumbai can now boast of an airport at par with the best in the world. From gardens and fountains to multi-level car parks, the Terminal-2 at GVK Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport has much to show off.

 The state-of-the-art T2 is an integrated four-level terminal spread over 4.39 lakh square metres that can accommodate over 40 million passengers per year.

With a larger waiting area, crowding too will be reduced and the multi-level car parking is another feather in its cap. Space for over 5000 vehicles, the nine-storeyed car park is one of the biggest in the country.

For passengers complaining of immigration delays at the old international terminal's 80 immigration counters, T2 has 140 counters

T2 has 37 travelators, 48 escalators and 72 elevators to aid those who fret over rushing to take connecting flights. T2 in fact has India's tallest airport escalator that stands at 11.6 metre.

A 6-lane elevated road will lead passengers from the Western Expressway to T2 cutting down on travel time.

When fully functional domestic flights too will be shifting to the terminal.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during the inauguration of the new terminal

 

 

Note
On May 3, 2006, the Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport was handed over to a consortium headed by the Hyderabad-based GVK group with Airports Company South Africa and Bidvest as partners under a 30-year operation

GVK-led consortium that runs Mumbai International Airport took the decision to build a new terminal to expand the congested facility in early 2007

The blueprint had been prepared by New York's Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM), designers of Dubai's Burj Khalifa and Chicago's Willis Tower, both the tallest buildings in the world at completion.

The new terminal has been built by the GVK-led consortium has been built at a cost of over 12,500 crores

The T2 covers an area of over 1400 acres.

Granite that can cover 27 football fields, and over 18000 metric tonnes of steel have been used in its construction

T2 has 188 check-in counters, 60 immigration counters for departing passengers, and 76 immigration counters for incoming fliers

T2 will have 2300 CCTV cameras for passenger safety and 4100 public address speakers

T2 also boasts of a three-kilometre-long art walk which incorporates Indian aesthetics with a white peacock theme. Titled 'Jaya He', it offers a glimpse into India's rich legacy and is an unprecedented interdisciplinary platform for the nation's cultural and creative industries