Goa Airport to get new terminal building

The Foundation Stone laying ceremony for new Integrated Terminal Building at the Goa Airport was held on Saturday. 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 integrated building will have Passenger handling capacity of 2020 at Domestic - 1010 arrival +1010 departure and International - 375 arrival + 375 departure. There will be 64 Check-in counters, 6 X ray scanners (for baggage), 26 Immigration Counters, 6 Security check booths, 6 Conveyor Belt – arrival and 5 Rotunda.

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.

Source : Equity Bulls

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