Hyderabad Rajiv Gandhi International Airport completes one month of commercial operations

In the last one month, the new international airport registered a 16 per cent growth in Air Traffic Movements and a 13 per cent passenger growth over corresponding period last year. This percentage growth is compared to Begumpet.

The swanky new airport is also attracting the attention of many a global airline company and many of them are keen to place this airport in their operations map. The first among them would be the Middle-eastern airliner, Gulf Air, which would launch its operations to Hyderabad from July 1, 2008, with A320 aircraft and British Airways from October 2008.

The fuel uplift which was about 550 KL per day at the Begumpet Airport has got doubled at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport and has reached to 1100 KL per day. This is due to reduction in Service Tax from Government of Andhra Pradesh from 33 percent to 4 percent on Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) and also due to the Open Access Model.

Expressing happiness over the successful completion of one month of operations, Mr. A Viswanath, Chief Commercial Officer, Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, thanked all the Airlines, all regulatory agencies like Customs, Immigration, CISF & AAI, and common public, for extending their wholehearted support.

"With the blessings of one and all and through the sheer hard work and dedication of each one associated with the new airport, we have successfully crossed one-month milestone," he added.

He also assured that the company would continue to strive to delivering the best of services to the passengers and live up to the expectations of all and sundry in the days to come.


About GHIAL

GMR-HIAL is a joint venture company promoted by GMR Infrastructure Ltd., (63%); Malaysian Airports Holding Berhad (11%), Airports Authority of India (13%) and Government of Andhra Pradesh (13%), with a mandate to develop a world-class international grade airport spread over 5,500 acres in Shamshabad, about 25 kms from the main city of Hyderabad.

The airport is being designed to handle 12 million passengers per annum with a total project cost of Rs. 2478 crore in the first phase scheduled to be commissioned in March 2008.

This project - Rajiv Gandhi International Airport - is set to position Hyderabad as a prominent player in the global aviation map contributing to the prosperity, development and economic well-being of the region.
 

© Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation. Date posted: 29-Apr-08