The much awaited new integrated terminal at Mumbai?s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport will open on January 15, a Mumbai International Airport (MIAL) official told FE on Monday.
?It will initially serve international flights,? the official said, adding, ?domestic operations will also be included later.?
The official, however, did not give the time frame for the domestic operations to kick off from the new terminal. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is expected to inaugurate the terminal sometime later this month, the official added.
Terminal 2, referred to as T2, will be a state-of-the-art four-level integrated terminal with an area of over 4,39,000 square metres. It will include new taxiways and apron areas for aircraft parking.
During 2012-13, the Mumbai International airport saw 30.21 million passengers, according to Mumbai International Airport data. With the inauguration of T2, MIAL expects to cater to over 40 million passengers annually.
The new terminal is also set to have around 21,000 square metres of retail space, lounges and travel services. It will have
188 check-in counters and 60 immigration counters for departing passengers, as well as 10 baggage carousels and 76 immigration counters for arriving passengers.