Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport-: Terminal 2
Larsen & Toubro was awarded the contract to construct the new Terminal 2 which was designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM). The terminal covers a land area of 210,000 square metres and will replace the existing International Terminal. The entire project is estimated to cost INR98 billion (US$1.6 billion) and employ over 12,000 workers. The X-shaped terminal has a total floor area of 439,000 square metres across four floors and will eventually handle both domestic and international passengers. It will include new taxiways and apron areas for aircraft parking designed to cater to 40 million passengers annually. The iconic structure will have boarding gates on two piers extending southwards from a central processing building featuring a 42 metre high roof employing over 20,000 metric tonnes of fabricated steel covering 30 acres.The new T2 terminal building operates Multiple Aircraft Ramp System (MARS) stands and swing gates, so that a single stand can accommodate either one wide body aircraft or two narrow body aircraft, in either domestic or international configuration. The terminal is connected by the six-lane Sahar Elevated Access Road to the Western Express Highway. A metro rail link to the terminal is also planned.
The Terminal hosts the world's largest public art programme with 6,000 pieces of Indian art from the 8th to the 19th Century being displayed on 18 foot high walls along the terminal's corridors and other standalone display areas totalling 1.2 kilometres in length.
The new terminal has around 21,000 square meters of retail space, lounges and travel services, over 5,000 square meters of landscaping and a multi level car park for 5,000 cars. It has 188 check-in counters and 60 immigration counters for departing passengers, and 10 baggage carousels and 76 immigration counters for arriving passengers. To transfer passengers across its four levels, the building has 47 escalators and 73 elevators. The terminal also features 41 travelators. In the initial phase of development, the apron adjoining T2 will provide a total of 48 stands including 3 Code F stands (for the A-380). In the final phase of development a total of 38 Code E/F contact stands, 14 Code E/F remote stands and 19 Code C remote stands will be provided (total 71 stands).International operations from the building commenced on 12 February 2014, while the domestic operations will be transferred from the Santacruz terminal to T2 by the last quarter of 2014.The first arrival at T2 was AI343 from Singapore via Chennai. It arrived just in the nick of time before Emirates 506 from Dubai.The first departure from the new terminal was Jet Airways flight# 118.The old international terminal was closed permanantly at 1 pm on 12th February 2014.
Key facilities at the New T2
Facilities Proposed Existing
Parking stands for aircraft 106 84
Boarding bridges 52 25
Check-in counters 188 135
Car parking 5,000 3,600
The Terminal hosts the world's largest public art programme with 6,000 pieces of Indian art from the 8th to the 19th Century being displayed on 18 foot high walls along the terminal's corridors and other standalone display areas totalling 1.2 kilometres in length.
The new terminal has around 21,000 square meters of retail space, lounges and travel services, over 5,000 square meters of landscaping and a multi level car park for 5,000 cars. It has 188 check-in counters and 60 immigration counters for departing passengers, and 10 baggage carousels and 76 immigration counters for arriving passengers. To transfer passengers across its four levels, the building has 47 escalators and 73 elevators. The terminal also features 41 travelators. In the initial phase of development, the apron adjoining T2 will provide a total of 48 stands including 3 Code F stands (for the A-380). In the final phase of development a total of 38 Code E/F contact stands, 14 Code E/F remote stands and 19 Code C remote stands will be provided (total 71 stands).International operations from the building commenced on 12 February 2014, while the domestic operations will be transferred from the Santacruz terminal to T2 by the last quarter of 2014.The first arrival at T2 was AI343 from Singapore via Chennai. It arrived just in the nick of time before Emirates 506 from Dubai.The first departure from the new terminal was Jet Airways flight# 118.The old international terminal was closed permanantly at 1 pm on 12th February 2014.
Key facilities at the New T2
Facilities Proposed Existing
Parking stands for aircraft 106 84
Boarding bridges 52 25
Check-in counters 188 135
Car parking 5,000 3,600
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