Bengaluru International Airport
Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL), the owner and operator of the new Bengaluru International Airport, is a public limited company, registered under the Indian Companies Act. A private-public venture, the project realized so far and the upcoming phases are being built and will be operated by the company for the next 30 years with an option to continue for another 30 years.
BIAL is committed to establishing this airport as one of India’s leading projects in terms of quality and efficiency and set a benchmark for the future commercial development of Indian airports. The airport is built and operated at best international standards. With new routes being introduced at an increasing pace, Bangalore is poised to become an important aviation hub for the South of India. Winning the Routes Asia airport marketing award in 2009 reflected these sustained efforts of BIAL.
The Airport City
As a part of the overall master plan, BIAL has earmarked approximately two hundred and fifteen (215) acres of land within the project site for the first phase of commercial real estate development. BIAL’s vision is to develop this prime property called ‘airport city’ as a destination in itself and create a premier business, retail and entertainment hub. This area will be a well balanced mix of office parks, retail and entertainment and hospitality.
This initiative of BIAL is in line with the increasing attention being paid to ‘aerotropolises’ globally. The aerotropolis concept was developed by John D. Kasarda, an American academic. An Aerotropolis is a city in which the layout, infrastructure, and economy are centred around a major airport. Experts in the field are of the opinion that Airports will shape business location and urban development in this century as much as seaports did in the 18th century, railroads did in the 19th century and highways in the 20th century.
Location Advantage
Located along the Main Access Road to the new Bengaluru Airport terminal building, the BIAL ‘Airport City’ stretches over a distance of 2.5 km. The Airport City will be accessed from a parallel Southern Main Road of 100m width apart from three transversal roads of 50m width each. The various areas within the Airport City will also be accessible by the looped Airport Shuttle Bus running on dedicated tracks, which will provide excellent connectivity within the airport city as well as to the terminal building.. The Airport City will also be connected to the proposed highi-speed rail link (MRTS) and the road expressway from the city center of Bengaluru.
Infrastructure at Airport City
The ‘Airport City’ will provide employment opportunities for approximately 100,000 qualified employees. The development will be supported by world-class infrastructure.
The airport city will be accessed by a ringed network transport system consisting wide three lane roads, dedicated perimeter bus lanes with bus stand located at strategic points with over bridge / underpass pedestrian connections. There will be adequate open and covered parking within the airport city premises for over 40,000 cars. Threee stations of the high-speed rail link as well as various bus stations ensure an ideal public connectivity for the full campus.
The airport city will receive approximately 6.5 million litres of potable water per day for its consumption in its final phase. There will be a four-day reservoir dedicated for the Airport and airport city operations. A centralized sewage treatment plant based on Sequential Batch Reactor principal has been planned for a waste treatment capacity of approximately 13,000 cu.m/ day in its final phase. Storm water drains have been designed for a 1 in 50 years rainfall storm event.
The Airport City will also be supported with state of the art fiber optic connectivity for its telecommunication and IT needs. There will be multiple service providers for a wide range of services including LAN, Wi-Fi, VSAT, broadband etc.