In Pictures: New GMR International Hyderabad Airport

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Status Dashboard Month : July 2007 Recent Milestone : Completion of Chiller Plant Room Project Progress Construction Started

The Hyderabad airport project seems to be on track for an April 2008 opening. Of all the airports we have studied here, Hyderabad’s seems to be the one closest to meeting its proposed opening date. I’ve also observed that the roads leading to and from the airport are very flat and smooth as compared to the other photos I have seen around the other India airports we have studied (see picture below). In fact, throughout the country the roads are not smooth or flat due to inadequate equipment. With the new import restrictions loosening, hopefully India will build smoother roads.

Most recent Progress (August 21, 2007)

Control Tower

Terminal

PTB View

PTB View 2

PTB View 3

Traffic Arrivals

Look at how smooth and flat the roads are here

Links to Artist’s Impressions online (click to enlarge)

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New Bangalore Airport Pictures

These are the latest updated pictures of the Bangalore airport slated for completion in May 2008. I am not sure if they are going to meet that deadline, but judging by the pictures below, they seem to making decent progress. As I stated in my last post on the New Delhi International Airport the new airports all around India are an important symbol of India’s modernization and will give confidence to foreign investors.

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Pictures Courtesy of User Magestom

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Updated Pictures of the New Delhi Indira Gandhi International Airport

This is an update to our last post on the airport series. The original article on the new Delhi Airport focused on Terminal 3 while the renderings below are of the entire master plan. If you have studied Singapore’s transformation form 3^rd world country to first, you know the Singapore gained credibility with foreign investors because the modernized the airport and the roads into the city. While India is obviously a much bigger Country, the modernization of the airports is an absolute must. Today, like it or not, foreigners are put off by the out-dated design and feel of India’s airports.

Indira Gandhi International Airport Commercial Masterplan, by RMJM Architects

The site covers 349 hectares and incorporates the development of five grouped schemes. Group A incorporates retail, entertainment and amusement park, Group B - convention centre, 10 hotels, trademart and golf course, Group C is a logistic hob and Group D consist of corporate and IT offices.

The primary design objective was to produce a dynamic and contemporary landmark business and commerce development that matches the status befitting an international airport, whilst providing a new global commercial hub. Sweeping green boulevards through the design provide long clear vistas to the airport terminal using extensive landscaping to frame the views and the entire site as been designed to adhere to sustainable models of development being followed worldwide

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New Mumbai International Airport Pictures and Video

Like our postings on the New Chennai International Airport (Pictures) and the more recent updated Updated Picture of the New Chennai International Airport Terminal we are bringing you a first look at some of the Mumbai Airport pictures. The master plan includes 995 acres of operational land. Currently a part of the airport, which includes 59 acres, that is open land.

The real challenge is going to be the displacement of people in the effected slums. See the video below the pictures for a video rendering of the new site.

from Business Standard front page

See even more Mumbai International Airport Pictures

- The Editor

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