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Mangaluru International Airport Ltd., relation of Mangaluru International Airport, commemorates 5 years of transformative maturation with a absorption connected information and operational excellence since its Commercial Operation Date (COD) connected October 31, 2020.
Since transitioning to a nationalist backstage concern (PPP) with Airports Authority of India (AAI), MIA has emerged arsenic a exemplary of innovation, safety, and sustainability successful India’s aviation sector, said a release. The 3 years of associated absorption with AAI, which ended October 30, 2023, acceptable the code for Mangaluru International Airport Limited (MgIAL) illustration a way towards progress.
Growth chart
Having handled 0.61 cardinal passengers successful FY 2020–21 during the planetary pandemic, the airdrome has since handled 2.34 cardinal passengers successful FY 2024–25, a maturation of 281%. The airdrome present connects six home metros and 7 planetary destinations with implicit 50 regular aerial postulation movements (ATMs). ATMs person grown astir 3 times from 6,664 successful FY 2020–21 to 16,816 successful FY 2024–25.
The integrated cargo terminal, inaugurated successful May 2023, has cumulatively processed 11,685 tonnes of planetary and home cargo truthful far. International cargo operations that commenced connected July 2, 2024, person brought perishables, including effect and vegetables to residents successful the Middle East.
The airdrome has introduced an automated parking strategy integrating with integer outgo platforms. DigiYatra present offers passengers the enactment to debar queues astatine rider processing interaction points astatine the airport.
A beforehand facade aerial presumption of Mangaluru Inernational Airport that celebrates 5 years nether Mangaluru International Airport Ltd., successful Mangaluru. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
Infrastructure
The airdrome commissioned the planetary accomplishment hall. It has undertaken the first-of-its-kind ambitious task of installing a PAL System Category 1 connected the runway (RWY) 24 broadside and has commenced enabling enactment for the aforesaid lighting strategy connected the RWY 06 side. MIA has recarpeted RWY 06/24 – laying asphalt implicit rigid pavement – and besides installed runway centre enactment lights to heighten harmless operations.
Installation of Perimeter Intrusion Detection System, bollards and tyre killers astatine airside introduction gates, inducting slug resistant vehicles for usage by CISF, state-of-the-art weaponry detection and disposal system, commissioning of grooming crushed for their Quick Reaction Team etc., person enhanced the information arrangements.
Sustainability
MIA has taken respective initiatives towards sustainability including formation clean-up drives and rearing of Miyawaki wood astatine the Precision Approach Lighting (PAL) strategy worksite. It is besides moving to execute zero waste-to-landfill certification. MIA has transitioned to 100% LED lighting and launched e-Cab services for passengers.
The airdrome has won respective awards and accreditations.
