Tiruchi airport will soon get a bigger, better terminal.

The new integrated terminal building of the Tiruchi international airport is set for expansion with the Airports Authority of India (AAI) approving the project.

Post expansion, the passengers' accommodation capacity at the integrated terminal building would get doubled.

The expansion work is expected to commence in July. The expansion would mean better infrastructure in the terminal building, airport sources here told The Hindu. The arrival side would be expanded by around 100 metres and the departure side by 80 metres.

The terminal building expansion project is pegged at Rs. 50 crore, the sources said and added the AAI had given its approval for the project recently.

The steep rise in the passenger traffic made the authorities concerned to take up the expansion proposal. A blueprint was sent to the AAI in New Delhi seeking approval, a top official said.


THE HINDU