Currently, less than 3 per cent of India's 1.3 billion population flies and the Government of India, along with Airports Authority of India (AAI), is taking concrete steps to make flying affordable to more people in the nation.
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Tag: aerobridges
Aerobridges are financially unviable for regional airports
Installation and maintenance of aerobridges require significant capital investment by the airport operator. Most of the regional airports in India have low traffic numbers, making the investment on aerobridges financially unviable.
Aerobridges Bridging Barriers
Aerobridges make boarding and disembarking from an aircraft more comfortable and convenient for passengers, particularly the elderly, disabled and those with children. They also enhance the security of terminal operations.
Coimbatore Airport to get infra boost
The Coimbatore International Airport is all set to get infrastructure and passenger amenities worth more than Rs 14.5 crore this year. This includes two new aerobridges, two more aprons for parking aircrafts and a lift at the departure area.
A new global benchmark
The new Terminal 2 (T2) at Mumbai International Airport, an engineering marvel and an architectural icon, completed its construction confronting with a lot of challenges. GVK constructed the new T2 in the same location of the old international terminal without shutting down its operations.
Dibrugarh Airport in Assam gets aerobridge facility
At Assam's Dibrugarh Airport, two aerobridges became operational in the new terminal building of the airport on October 3. Paban Singh Ghatowar, Union Minister for Development of North Eastern Region inaugurated the aerobridges. Dibrugarh is the third airport to have the facility of aero-bridges after Kolkata and Guwahati airports in the region.