GMR Hyderabad International Airport commissions interim domestic arrivals terminal.

GMR Hyderabad International Airport commissioned the Interim Domestic Arrivals Terminal (IDAT) recently.

The commissioning coincided with the 11th anniversary of the opening of Hyderabad International Airport.

SpiceJet SG 468 airline passengers flying in from Tirupati were the first to get an experience of the new facility.

Spread over 4,000 sq mt on the airside, the IDAT is an exclusive Domestic Baggage Reclaim Concourse primarily serving the passengers arriving on aircraft parked at remote stands.

The new facility offers four new baggage carousels of 45 metre in length each, which will help speed up the baggage delivery process. The facility is designed to handle almost 50 per cent of the domestic arrival traffic, amounting to around 30,000 passengers daily. A wide corridor with two 26-metre-long inclinators connect the new concourse with the main Passenger Terminal Building.

The new facility would significantly increase the total peak hour baggage handling capacity at the airport and give a major boost to passenger convenience. This facility is interim in nature till the expanded terminal becomes available for operations.

With this addition, Hyderabad International Airport now has seven belts for domestic arrivals, three in the existing domestic arrivals, out of which one is used as a ‘swing’, that is, catering to both domestic and international services on a need basis.

GBS Raju, Business Chairman, Airports, GMR Group, said, “India’s civil aviation sector is on a high growth trajectory and as an airport developer and operator, GMR has been actively contributing to this growth. This facility has been proactively conceived and executed keeping passengers’ experience in mind while the airport is expanding to handle the industry growth.”

SGK Kishore, CEO, GHIAL said, “We are glad that more and more passengers are choosing Hyderabad Airport. Today, we take yet another step in our efforts to enhance passenger experience with the commissioning of the Interim Domestic Arrivals Terminal.”

HBL