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The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has called for tenders for an interim enlargement of the Coimbatore International Airport astatine an estimated outgo of ₹10.92 crore.
As per the tender document, bids are called for enlargement and operation of further information clasp country (SHA) successful the existing terminal gathering astatine the airport. The works person to beryllium completed successful six months.
The scope of the enactment is to supply further seating and amenities successful the existing SHA, too the enlargement and operation of an further SHA country wrong the existing terminal building. The projected further country includes an accomplishment corridor astatine the archetypal floor-level for passengers arriving from aerobridges. The existing SHA volition person to beryllium extended for astir 920 sqm astatine the archetypal floor-level for this corridor and different facilities.
As per the tender document, civilian works projected see alloy platform floor, alloy columns with precast footings implicit the existing baggage assertion area, flooring, roofing, partition partitions, lavation rooms, nutrient and beverages (F&B) outlets, interior finishes and seamless integration wrong the existing terminal building, on with proviso of capable seating.
Works projected see modification/relocation of boarding gates and accomplishment gates arsenic per requirements, incorporation of the existing staircase and escalator connecting the accomplishment hallway to the home SHA astatine crushed floor, proviso of retail and F&B spaces without affecting rider flow, infrastructure for advertisements, media installations and artwork astatine suitable locations.
Provision of toilets for gents, ladies and differently-abled persons, babe attraction rooms and drinking h2o facilities; caller staircase, escalator and elevator for the accomplishment passengers; and modular facilities for passengers with reduced mobility, visually-challenged and persons with proceeding impairment arsenic per the Accessibility Standards and Guidelines for Civil Aviation are different facilities proposed.
The works person to beryllium carried retired ensuring the structural stableness of the existing terminal during construction.
Industrialists and organisations specified arsenic Kongu Global Forum and Coimbatore NXT (an inaugural of CII) person been mooting for an interim enlargement of the airdrome arsenic the passenger footfall crossed 30 lakh successful 2024 arsenic against the capableness of 20 lakh passengers. According to KGF, the aerial rider postulation is projected to transverse 35 lakh successful 2025.
In July, a delegation of industrialists from Coimbatore and Tiruppur and Coimbatore southbound MLA Vanathi Srinivasan met Union Civil Aviation Minister Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu successful New Delhi and sought for an interim task of ₹100 crore to ₹120 crore to negociate the increasing rider traffic. Coimbatore MP Ganapathi P. Rajkumar had besides demanded for an interim task successful the Lok Sabha.
“Coimbatore NXT took up the request from May 2025 for an interim enlargement of the airdrome arsenic the existing infrastructure is congested and an obstacle to get caller flights. The Civil Aviation Minister, Civil Aviation Secretary and Chairman of AAI, who had assured speedy enactment connected Coimbatore airdrome expansion, person fixed america this contiguous alleviation that tin negociate the airport’s maturation for the adjacent 3 years, until the new integrated terminal building comes to use,” said Shyam Mohan Prabhu, aviation expert portion of Coimbatore NXT.
