Bengaluru airport records surge in passenger volume

With 33.30 million passengers transiting in 2018-19 Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport has emerged one of the fastest growing airports in the world

Bangalore International Airport Ltd, the operator of the airport, has undertaken a Rs. 13,000-crore capacity expansion to cater to the long-term demands of the facility.This includes the first-phase construction of a 2,55,000-sq m Terminal II, an advanced Cat-III B Code-F capable runway and landside expansion which, will give a substantial capacity boost.

Hari Marar, MD & CEO, BIAL, said that “work on the second runway and terminal, as well as other supporting infrastructure, is on at full throttle. All this will provide the Airport sufficient capacity to meet the demand over the next decade.”