Mangaluru, Mar 29: Even though the promised extension of the runway of Mangaluru International Airport is yet take place, the Airports Authority of India has okayed the expansion of the terminal building of the Airport to accommodate more passengers in the international arrival hall.
J T Radhakrishna, the director of MIA, said that the building will be expanded on the exit side of the airport by 90 m x 55 m.
The airport handles 94 international operations a week now, including arrivals and departures to West Asia.
At present, the hall can handle 125 passengers (passengers of one flight) an hour. After the expansion it can handle about 375 passengers (passengers of three flights) an hour.
Currently, the hall has one conveyor belt. Two more will be added during the upgradation process.
The director said the airport would have two more aerobridges for passenger convenience; it has two at present. Larger planes such as Airbus 320 and Boeing 737 could make use of the aerobridges. ATR planes cannot.
The airport will soon have two more aprons (airport parking slots), making it eight in total. Once the additional aprons are ready, two of the existing aprons would be modified for installing aerobridges, he said.
The four aprons with aerobridges will then handle the larger planes, while the remaining will handle ATR aircraft.
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