Rajiv Gandhi International Airport is India’s first Greenfield Airport under international competitive bidding, has been developed through a Public Private Partnership initiative (PPP).

It is spread over an area of 5,495 acres of Shamshabad. The airport is 25km from the city of Hyderabd. The terminal building spans 105,300 sq.m. designed to handle 12 million passengers per annum and the cargo section has a capacity of 100,000 metric tonnes per annum. In the final phase the airport will reach its full capacity with an additional floor area of 430,000 sqm to be developed, bringing the total built-up area to 900,000sq.m. The master plan has been designed to cater to 50 million passengers a year. To achieve this, the present master plan allows freedom of expansion to both airside and landside facilities within the airport site.

Rajiv Gandhi International Airport

The Plan of the airport is T-shaped. It ensures beautifully landscaped view from all the sides after the person is inside the airport complex.

The design of the passenger terminal building is simple so that the sequences of spaces facilitate easy and comfortable movement and orientation. The passenger terminal will cover 105,300m² of floor space and has systems in place to ensure rapid transit between the domestic and international concourses.

Airport Village

There is also a business hotel near the terminal building.

About the Airport Infrastructure

Check-in Counters

There are 130 check-in counters in the departures concourse in addition to 16 self-check-in counters for passengers carrying only cabin baggage.

There are 23 departure counters, 22 arrival counters and 1 transit.

Transfer Desk

RGIA has an integrated passenger terminal thereby providing ease of transfer from Domestic to International and vice-versa.

Customs

The customs have in-line baggage screening machines for the two international arrivals reclaim baggage belts. This in-line baggage system eliminates the need for passengers to queue up for getting their baggage x-rayed prior to checking in.

In-line baggage system

The system x-rays the checked in baggage at four levels.

Recreational facilities at the Airport

Lounges

There are 13 Business Class Lounges that enhance the elegant environment and also offer a place for the passengers to relax.

Lounge

These lounges have services like Business Centre, Baggage hold pick up and delivery, Limousine Service, Gymnasium, Shower, Napping areas and Massage services.

There are three VIP lounges located at Departure, Arrival and at remote gates on the ground level.

Nap and Shower

There is a facility for Nap and shower at the airport for transit passengers to unwind and get ready for the connecting flight. There is small cafeteria.

Cafeteria

The Lounge is located below the airport village area, opposite the car park. It comprises 28 spa rooms with shower and a TV, a lounge with seating capacity for 44, two meeting rooms, business centre, four shower rooms, a massage room, TV viewing area and a 24-hour bar.

Spa

There is also the provision of Spa facilities of the international standards at the airport.

There are Retail shopping areas inside the airport.

Parking

It has automated Parking Management System along with the unique ‘touch and go’ concept introduced for the first time in India. There is a provision to park over 3000 cars in front of the Passenger Terminal Building.

Parking

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Shanghai Pudong International Airport, China | One of the Largest International Airport in the world

Shanghai Pudong International Airport is a primary International Airport serving Shanghai of the People’s Republic of China. It is also a major Aviation hub in Asia, particularly in East Asia.

Shanghai Pudong International Airport

Location of the International Airport

It is located 30 kilometres from the city centre. The area occupied by the airport is around 40 square kilometres. The site is adjacent to the coastline in the eastern edge of Pudong District within the Shanghai Muncipality boundaries.

Pudong Airport comprises of two main passenger terminals. The terminals are flanked on both sides by three parallel runways. The requirements have been on a tremendous rise. The Airport was constructed with a view to be extended and expanded to cater to increasing passenger growth and the growth in Cargo sector.

Expansion plans of the International Airport

Currently, the Master plans have been proposed for the expansion of the International Airport. The new plans call for the building of a third passenger terminal, a satellite terminal. The proposal also includes construction of two additional runways. The construction is aimed to be completed by 2015.

Interior of Shanghai Pudong International Airport

The capacity of the Airport currently is to cater to 60 million passengers annually. The estimation and the obvious rise in the passenger traffic made it necessary to take a step towards the expansion of the international Airport. The New Master plan has been made so as to cater to 80 million passengers annually along with the ability to handle six million tonnes of air freight.

Shanghai Pudong International Airport is a major hub for cargo traffic in the world. With 2,539,284 metric tonnes handled in 2009, the airport is the 3rd busiest airport in the world in terms of freight traffic.

Shanghai Pudong International Airport

The airport has 70 boarding bridges along with 218 parking positions. Three runways are in operation: one 4000-meter runway (4E rating) with 6 taxiways, one 3800-meter runway (4F rating) with 4 taxiways and one 3400-meter runway (4F rating) with 6 taxiways.

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Chubu Centrair International Airport

Centrair is classified as a first class airport and is the main international gateway for the Chubu region of Japan. The name “Centrair” is an abbreviation of Central Japan International Airport, also known locally as  Chubu Kokusai K?k? Kabushiki-gaisha. It is located near the city of Nagoya.

With over two million inhabitants, Nagoya is Japan’s fourth most populated city. It is the capital of Aichi Prefecture and the principal city of the Nobi plain, one of Honshu’s three large plains and metropolitan and industrial centers. The Toyota Motor Corporation maintains its headquarters just outside of Nagoya.

Chubu is Japan’s third off-shore airport, after Nagasaki Airport and Kansai International Airport, and second airport on a manmade island. There are currently 5 offshore airports in Japan, including Kobe Airport and New Kitakyushu Airport. Business Week rated it as 5th Best Airports in the world in 2009.

Centrair Airport is the gateway of Central Japan to the sky. It takes 28 minutes by train and 30-40 minutes by car from Nagoya. Furthermore, Centrair is connected to Tsu in Mie prefecture by High-Speed Boat.

Toyota Motor Corporation has a corporate headquarters in the city, and wanted an International airport in the vicinity. It especially requested the government for 24 hour cargo flights. So, finally the government relented, and construction for this airport started in August 2000. Initially, the budget for completing this airport was 768 billion yen (€5.5 billion, US$7.3 billion), but through efficient management nearly 100 billion yen was saved. PentaOcean Construction was a major contractor.

In addition to cost cutting measures, a number of environmental protection measures had been taken after learning from Kansai International Airport. The artificial island itself was shaped like the rounded letter “D” so that sea currents inside the bay will flow freely. Its shores were partially constructed with natural rocks and sloped to aid sea lifeforms to set up colonies.

When it opened on February 17, 2005, it took over almost all of the existing Nagoya Airport (now Nagoya Airfield)’s commercial flights, and relieved Tokyo and Kansai areas for cargo shipments. As a replacement for Nagoya Airport, it also inherited its IATA airport code NGO. It has had very stiff competition from local domestic airports, and in 2009, due to economic recession, the volume of passengers and cargo had gone down.

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