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| Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Shamshabad |
| 11 April. 2008, Hyderabad |
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| The airport has successfully completed 19 days of commercial operations and its highlights / performance are given as under: |
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The airport has handled around 3,80,000 passengers consisting of 57,000 international and 3,23,000 domestic passengers. |
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A total of 4900 Air Traffic Movements (2450 landings and 2450 take offs) were handled. 263 Air Traffic Movements (ATM’s) were handled on 10.04.08. |
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To facilitate the international callers for calling RGIA call centre from outside India the following telephone number 009140-44327300 has been provided. Indian callers should still use 1800-102-2008. |
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Fuel intake has increased to around 1100 KL/day from 550KL/day. |
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About GHIAL
GMR-HIAL is a joint venture company promoted by GMR Infrastructure Ltd., (63%); Malaysian Airports Holding Berhad (11%), Airports Authority of India (13%) and Government of Andhra Pradesh (13%), with a mandate to develop a world-class international grade airport spread over 5,500 acres in Shamshabad, about 25 kms from the main city of Hyderabad.
The airport is being designed to handle 12 million passengers per annum with a total project cost of Rs. 2478 crore in the first phase scheduled to be commissioned in March 2008. This project - Rajiv Gandhi International Airport - is set to position Hyderabad as a prominent player in the global aviation map contributing to the prosperity, development and economic well-being of the region.
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