Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport is the ‘Best Regional Airport in Central Asia’

In a sign of India's growing infrastructure prowess, Bengaluru's Kempegowda International Airport has been recognised as the 'Best Regional Airport in India and Central Asia' by SKYTRAX at the World Airport Awards. Also known as BLR airport, it is operated by Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL). Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport has been ranked the 'Best Airport in Central Asia' in the very same awards.

We take a look at some interesting facts about the Bengaluru Airport: (Image by BIAL)

Regional airports are those that operate short international and domestic flights. Bengaluru Airport was recognised as the Best Regional Airport in Central Asia in 2015 as well and the Best Airport in India in 2011. (Image by BIAL)

The BLR Airport serves around 60,000 passengers per day on an average. (Image by BIAL)

Work on Terminal 2 or T2 of the Bengaluru Airport will begin in 2017. US architectural firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) has designed T2. (Image by BIAL)

T2 will be constructed in two phases; the first phase which will cater to 25 million passengers annually (MPA), while the second phase of the project will add another 20 million passenger capacity. (Image by BIAL)

To cater to the growing traffic, the current facility (T1) is undergoing expansion to accommodate this growth till the first phase of T2 is completed. The combined capacity of T1 and T2 will be approximately 65 MPA. (Image by BIAL)

In 2016, Bengaluru Airport installed solar panels across some facilities and switched from traditional lighting to LED lighting. (Image by BIAL)

The World Airport Awards are based on 13.82 million airport survey questionnaires that were completed by 105 different nationalities of air travellers during the survey period. The survey operated from July 2016 to February 2017 and covered 550 airports around the world.

The survey aimed to evaluate traveller experiences across 39 key performance indicators. These include arrivals, check-in, shopping, security and immigration. (Image by BIAL)