^ "DRUKAIR INCREASES SINGAPORE SERVICE FROM AUGUST 2022".^ "9I737 Alliance Air Flight – Guwahati - Tezpur (GAU - TEZ)".^ "Alliance Air to commence Guwahati-Dibrugarh service in Mar-2023".^ "Air India Express Flight Schedule"."Guwahati Aiport's new Rs 1232 crore integrated terminal expected to be ready by June 2022". ^ "Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport, Guwahati, India".^ "Adani Group emerges highest bidder for Guwahati airport". ^ "Six new flights to Southeast Asian nations from Guwahati soon"."Guwahati joins international air route". "Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal flags off Guwahati-Bangkok flight". ^ "Annexure IV – Freight Movement Data" (PDF).^ "Annexure II – Aircraft Movement Data" (PDF).^ "Annexure III – Passenger Data" (PDF).However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which resulted in several delays in work due to lack of labour and restrictions, the terminal is now expected to be completed by the end of 2023 or in the first quarter of 2024.Īirlines and destinations AirlinesĪgartala, Bangalore, Kolkata, Mumbai (begins 1 June 2023)Īizawl, Dibrugarh, Dimapur, Imphal, Kolkata, Pasighat, Shillong, Tezpur Īgartala, Dibrugarh, Imphal, Itanagar, Kolkata, Pasighat, Patna, Rupsi, Silchar (begins 1 June 2023), Tezu Īgartala, Aizawl, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Dibrugarh, Hyderabad, Imphal, Jorhat, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Pune, Silchar īagdogra, Chennai, Delhi, Jaipur, Mumbai, Patna The airport's roof and the facade will be using the design of Origami.Īs of 2021, more than 38% of the project work is completed and the new terminal building is The design of the terminal building is inspired by Icarus, the Greek mythological figure who was one of the earliest inspirations of human flight. In addition to these two primary floors, there will be two more floors a mezzanine surface between the two levels, which will act as the boarding area of the terminal, and the other part will act as a service floor for the baggage handling system. With an area of 1,02,500 sq.m., the terminal will have two levels, consisting of the arrivals area at the lower level and departures area at the upper level. A photovoltaic solar plant with a power generation capacity of 540 kW will be developed at the terminal, along with eco-friendly measures such as a solid waste management system, wastewater treatment facility, rainwater storage facility and underground drainage system. It will be an energy-efficient building, as it is expected to achieve a Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment (GRIHA) 4-Star rating, with a solar roofing system for electricity generation, in addition to allowing maximum sunlight into the building. With 64 check-in counters, 20 self-check in kiosks, six baggage counters, in-line baggage security screening systems and 10 aerobridges. Passengers during peak hours and about 10 million passengers annually. The new terminal building will be capable to handle 4,300 domestic and 200 international To meet the growing demands and rising traffic in the future, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) has undertaken constructing a new second passenger terminal in the northern side of the airport, at a cost of ₹ 1,232 crores. Currently, international flights in the airport are operated by Drukair from Paro to Singapore, as a connecting flight. In February 2019, the airport has been given on lease for 50 years to Adani Group at highest bid of Rs. In November 2021, Guwahati won bids for six international destinations under the UDAN scheme – Dhaka, Bangkok–Don Mueang, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Yangon. In January 2019, Guwahati won bids for two international destinations under the UDAN scheme, destinations being most anticipated Dhaka and Bangkok-Don Mueang. However, the flight was withdrawn due to poor passenger load. In 2002, the first international flight operated by Air India from Guwahati to Bangkok, using an Airbus A310 aircraft, becoming the first international airport in the North-East region. The existing terminal building at the airport has a maximum handling capacity of 850 arrival/departure passengers an hour. The LGB Airport has witnessed annual traffic of over 23% in 2018–19 with a total footfall of 5.7 million passengers and 55,066 aircraft movements in the same period. It handled more than 3.7 million passengers in 2017, an increase of 36% from 2016. The airport has undergone numerous expansions and renovations since its establishment in 1958.
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