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                           New domestic terminal building 
                            inaugurated at Surat  
                               Surat: 
                            The new domestic terminal building was inaugurated 
                            at Surat today. The new domestic terminal building 
                            has an area of 8474 square metre and is a glass and 
                            steel structure having modern passenger friendly facilities 
                            such as central heating system, central air conditioning, 
                            public address system, Flight Information Display 
                            System (FIDS), CCTV for surveillance, check in counters, 
                            and car parking. The building has peak hour passenger 
                            handling capacity of 250 passengers (125 arrival + 
                            125 departure) and annual handling capacity of 2.03 
                            lakh. The new domestic terminal building has several 
                            salient features. They are passenger handling capacity 
                            (domestic -150), check-in counters (6), X ray scanners 
                            (for baggage) (1), security check booths (3) and conveyor 
                            belt - arrival (2). The new apron can cater for parking 
                            of 05 Category 'C' type of aircraft.  
                               Recently, 
                            new Integrated Terminal Buildings were inaugurated 
                            at the Amritsar International Airport, Jolly Grant 
                            Airport, Dehradun and Jaipur International Airport. 
                            The new Integrated Terminal Building at the Amritsar 
                            airport has an area of 40175 sqm (approx). The existing 
                            terminal has an area of about 12770 sqm while 27405 
                            sqm is to be added in Ph II of extension. It is a 
                            glass and steel structure having modern passenger 
                            friendly facilities such as central air conditioning 
                            system, inline x-ray baggage inspection system integrated 
                            with the baggage conveyor system, escalators, public 
                            address system, Flight Information Display System 
                            (FIDS), CCTV for surveillance, check in counters with 
                            Common Use Terminal Equipment (CUTE), car parking, 
                            etc. The Integrated Terminal Building will have peak 
                            hour passenger handling capacity of 1200 passengers 
                            and annual handling capacity of 14.6 lacs.  
                               The apron 
                            has been extended to cater for parking of total of 
                            14 aircraft (8 Category ‘E’, 3 Category ‘D’ and 3 
                            Category ‘C’ type of aircrafts) from the earlier capacity 
                            of 10 aircraft and strengthened for parking of Category 
                            ‘E’ type of aircraft.  
                               The New 
                            Domestic Terminal Building at Dehradun has an area 
                            of 4200 sqm and is a glass and steel structure having 
                            modern passenger friendly facilities such as central 
                            heating system, central air conditioning, public address 
                            system, Flight Information Display System (FIDS), 
                            CCTV for surveillance, check in counters, car parking, 
                            etc. The Domestic Terminal Building has peak hour 
                            passenger handling capacity of 150 passengers (75 
                            arrival + 75 departure) and annual handling capacity 
                            of 1.22 lakhs. New apron can cater for parking of 
                            2 Category ‘C’ type of aircraft.  
                               The New 
                            International Terminal Building at the Jaipur airport 
                            has an area of 22950 sqm (approx), is made of glass 
                            and steel structure having modern passenger friendly 
                            facilities such as central heating system, central 
                            air conditioning, inline x-ray baggage inspection 
                            system integrated with the departure conveyor system, 
                            inclined arrival baggage claim carousals, escalators, 
                            public address system, Flight Information Display 
                            System (FIDS), CCTV for surveillance, check in counters 
                            with Common Use Terminal Equipment (CUTE), car parking, 
                            etc. The International Terminal Building has peak 
                            hour passenger handling capacity of 500 passengers 
                            and annual handling capacity of 4 lakhs. New Apron 
                            can cater for parking of 10 aircrafts for parking 
                            3 Category ‘E’, 3 Category ‘D’ and 4 Category ‘C’ 
                            type of aircrafts  
                               On February 
                            21, new integrated terminals were inaugurated at Vishakhapatnam 
                            and Tiruchirappalli airports. The foundation stone 
                            laying ceremony for new integrated terminal building 
                            at the Goa airport was also held on the day. The Integrated 
                            Terminal Building at the Goa Airport, built over an 
                            area of 61957 sqm (approx) will be a glass and steel 
                            structure having modern passenger friendly facilities 
                            such as central heating system, inline x-ray baggage 
                            inspection system integrated with the baggage conveyor 
                            system, central air conditioning, inclined arrival 
                            baggage claim carousals, escalators, public address 
                            system, Flight Information Display System (FIDS), 
                            CCTV for surveillance, check in counters, car parking, 
                            etc. The Integrated Terminal Building will have peak 
                            hour passenger handling capacity of 2770 passengers. 
                            The existing building presently can handle an annual 
                            capacity of 25.78 lacs. The expansion of apron has 
                            been completed to cater for parking 9 Category 3 'D' 
                            and 6 Category 'C' type of aircrafts from existing 
                            capacity of 6 Category 'C' type of aircraft.  
                               The Integrated 
                            Terminal Building at the Vishakhapatnam has an area 
                            of 21558 sqm (approx) and is made of glass and steel 
                            structure having modern passenger friendly facilities 
                            such as central air conditioning system, inline x-ray 
                            baggage inspection system integrated with the baggage 
                            conveyor system, escalators, public address system, 
                            Flight Information Display System (FIDS), CCTV for 
                            surveillance, check in counters, car parking, etc. 
                            The Integrated Terminal Building has peak hour passenger 
                            handling capacity of 700 passengers and annual handling 
                            capacity of 7.3 lakhs. The new apron has been constructed 
                            to cater for parking of 6 nos. (2 nos. Category 'E', 
                            1 no. Category 'D' and 3 nos. Category 'C') type of 
                            aircrafts in addition to existing capacity of 2 nos. 
                            Category 'C' type of aircraft and 6 Helicopters.  
                               The Integrated 
                            Terminal Building at the Tiruchirappalli Airport has 
                            an area of 11777 sqm (approx) and is made of glass 
                            and steel structure having modern passenger friendly 
                            facilities such as central air conditioning system, 
                            inline x-ray baggage inspection system integrated 
                            with the baggage conveyor system, escalators, public 
                            address system, Flight Information Display System 
                            (FIDS), CCTV for surveillance, check in counters, 
                            car parking, etc. The Integrated Terminal Building 
                            has peak hour passenger handling capacity of 400 passengers 
                            and annual handling capacity of 3.24 lakhs. 3  
                              The expansion 
                            of apron has been completed to cater for parking of 
                            total 7 nos. (3 nos.Category 'D' and 4 nos.Category 
                            'C' type of aircrafts from existing capacity of 3 
                            nos. Category 'C' type of aircraft.  
                            -Feb 
                            27, 2009     
                            
                          
                          
                          
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