Indian airports to add over 22.5 million passenger handling capacity

Indian airports passenger handling capacity is set to increase by over 22.5 million per annum by next year after Leh airport and new terminal buildings at Pune and Dehradun airports become operational, according to government data.

While the new terminal building at Dehradun’s Jolly Grant Airport has already been inaugurated on October 9, construction of Pune Airport’s new terminal building is scheduled to finish by August 2022 and the Leh Airport is likely to become operational by December next year.

Spread over 28,729 sqm, the Dehradun terminal building will be able to handle 1,200 passengers during peak hours, expanding the airport capacity by eight folds. To add to this, Union minister of civil aviation Jyotiraditya Scindia had said in September that the Leh airport will have the capacity to handle 2.5 million passengers per annum.