The Adani Group plans to invest Rs 10,700 crore in expanding Lucknow Airport
- ByStartupStory | December 19, 2022
The Adani group would invest Rs 10,700 crore in the expansion of Lucknow airport, increasing its annual passenger handling capacity from 4 million passengers per year (MPPA) to 39 MPPA. On December 15, the Union Environment Ministry approved the airport’s expansion plan. However, the expansion time frame was not specified in the plan submitted to the ministry. Business Standard has reviewed the plan and clearance.
According to previous reports, the Adani company plans to invest over Rs 10,000 crore at the Ahmedabad airport between 2023 and 2027 in order to increase its passenger handling capacity and turn it into a regional hub. The plan of Lucknow International Airport Limited (LIAL), an Adani group company, said: “CCSIA (Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport) in Lucknow has a total land area of 509.41 hectares (1258.80 acres), making it one of the most land-constrained airports in India.” LIAL now proposes expanding CCSIA to 457.1 hectares in size, it added.
“CCSIA presently has two operational passenger terminals: an international terminal (T1) and a domestic terminal (T2). A new integrated terminal building (T3) is under construction, located west of Terminal T1,” it said.
Along with T3, a new terminal building (T4), as well as accompanying infrastructure, support facilities, and utilities, will be constructed to accommodate 39 MPPA, according to the design. According to an October presentation by the Adani group, CCSIA is currently capable of handling 4 MPPA. According to LIAL’s plans, a cargo complex with a total area of 23.14 hectares will be built at CCSIA to handle cargo weighing up to 0.25 mimetric tonstonnes per year. The Adani Group took up CCSIA from the Airports Authority of India in November 2020. (AAI).
According to the plan, the expansion project will employ around 2,000 people directly and indirectly during its development phase, and approximately 25,000 people will be employed once it is operational. It further stated that the “project cost” is Rs 10,700 crore. The Adani Group did not reply to a request for comment from the newspaper. It will also build a multi-modal transportation hub with metro connectivity, multi-level vehicle parking, cityside check-in and self-bag drop facilities, and curbside services for passengers and visitors arriving at the airport from neighboring areas. According to LIAL, it has suggested multi-level parking with 4,000 parking places.
“Pedestrian walkways are planned to connect multi-level car parking to terminal departure and arrival areas, allowing passengers and greeters to park in multi-level car parking and walk down to the pickup and drop-off kerbs,” according to the statement.
It was estimated that 9.6 million liters per day (MLD) of water would be required to process 39 MPPA. The Uttar Pradesh government or borewells would supply 4.5 MLD, while the remaining 5.1 will be sourced from the sewage treatment facility for landscaping and flushing, according to the statement.
The Adani Group has gradually expanded its footprint in the aviation sector over the past few years. The AAI leased airports in Lucknow, Jaipur, Mangaluru, Thiruvananthapuram, Ahmedabad, and Guwahati in February 2019 after a competitive bidding process. The Adani Group outbid everyone else and acquired the rights to manage all six of them for the next 50 years. In October of this year, it paid a large sum of money for Air Works, India’s second-oldest aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul unit. It paid Rs 400 crore to Air Works, India’s second-oldest aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul firm, in October of this year.
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