Gujarat Surat airport declared ‘International Airport’
Comes into immediate effect
As per a notification issued by the Ministry of Civil Aviation Surat airport in Gujarat is declared as an ‘International Airport.
The new terminal building is equipped to handle 1,200 domestic passengers.
As per a notification issued by the Ministry of Civil Aviation on Tuesday, Surat Airport in Gujarat is declared as an International Airport with immediate effect.
Notably, this announcement comes a month following PM Modi’s visit and inauguration of the new terminal building built at a whopping cost of Rs 353 crore.
Surat is currently connected to 14 domestic cities — Delhi, Chennai, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Goa, Goa Mopa, Belgaum, Pune, Jaipur, Udaipur, Indore, Diu and Kishangarh and internationally via Sharjah to the rest of the world. It handles more than 252 passenger flight movements per week.
Officials reveal that the Surat airport has a runway of 2906 X 45 metres capable of operating Code ‘C’ type of aircraft and a terminal building of an area of 8474 square metres.
Notedly, the new terminal building is equipped to handle 1,200 domestic passengers and 600 international passengers during peak hours and has provision for further increasing the peak hour capacity to 3,000 passengers with annual handling capacity increasing to 55 lakh passengers.
News Edit K.V.Raman
