Nagpur Airport to invest Rs20 crore in apron, other facilities

Mihan India Private Limited (MIPL), the owner of the Nagpur Airport, plans to construct an additional apron for parking aircraft and add other facilities such as a car-park, visitors gallery and gradients for easy passenger and luggage movement, a top company official said.
    
It is also in the final stages of floating a global tender for a restaurant in the Airport.
    
"Our aim is to make the airport passenger-and-airline-friendly for all stakeholders. We will add an apron and enhance other facilities," MIPL's chairman and managing director, RC Sinha, told PTI here.
    
"Around Rs15-crore will be invested in the apron which can accommodate more aircraft and Rs4-5-crore on other facilities such as gradients for easy luggage and passenger movement, car-park, etc.," Sinha said.
    
These are some measures which the Airport will implement in the short-to-medium-term, he said.
    
On the tender to be floated for the restaurant, Sinha said it was likely to be floated by end-this month.
    
"We also plan to float tenders for the car-park and visitors gallery, again by this month-end," he said.

MIPL is a joint venture between the Maharashtra Airport Development Company (MADC) and the Airports Authority of India, with 51:49 stake holding, respectively.
    
The airport, spread over 1,460-acres, presently handles 26 flights and around 4,000 passengers per day.
    
MIPL has also received the final report from Changi Airport, Singapore, on how to make the airport "more passenger-and-airline-friendly," Sinha said.
    
Changi had been appointed by MIPL as an advisor to suggest measures on improving the functioning of the airport in the short-to-medium-term.
    
The Singapore firm submitted its draft report in January and the final report early this month, Sinha said, adding "we will implement these soft measures for airport improvement gradually."