Amidst all the fiscal chaos that the UPA government has left the country grappling with, there’s a singular reason for celebration: Airports. In its 2013 ranking of the world’s best airports, Airports Council International (ACI) the only global trade representative of the world’s airports, declared Delhi’s IGI airport as the second best airport of the world in the category of airports that handles 25 out of 40 million passengers per year. Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International airport was placed at the third position in the same category. For service quality in the category of five to fifteen, the council ranked Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at the second position, which lost out by a brief margin to Japan’s Nagoya airport.
The launch of Mumbai’s new terminal T2 indicates that India is serious about retaining its ranking in global aviation even in 2014. Built by the GVK-led consortium at a cost of `5,500 crore, it covers an area of over 1,400 acres. The cost incurred is said to be lowest compared to similar projects in India as well as across the world. Hyderabad-based GVK also constructed the new airport in the same location as the old international terminal without shutting down India’s busiest and the world’s most space-constrained airport. “GVK’s initiatives include setting up India’s first independent power plant, the first six-lane expressway and developing the first brownfield airport under the public-private partnership model,” noted Dr GVK Reddy, executive chairman, Mumbai International Airport Pvt Ltd.
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