The glitzy Terminal-2 of Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) in Bengaluru is being known as the ‘garden terminal’.
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Video | KIA T2 brings garden and beauty back to Bengaluru airport
The second terminal (T2) of Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 11, 2022.
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The second terminal of Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 11, 2022.
T2 showcases the wealthy historical past and tradition of Karnataka, and makes an attempt to stay up to the outline of Bengaluru because the ‘garden city’.
Construction of the second terminal started in October 2018, with plans to full work on growth of the airport in two phases.
Phase 1, unfold over 255,645 sq. meters, is now prepared, and will cater to 25 million passengers each year (MPPA). The second section, which is within the starting stage, would find a way to deal with 20 million passengers each year.
For on a regular basis passengers and informal travellers, the brand new terminal seeks to increase the bar by way of visible attraction of an airport.
Terminal 2 was constructed on 4 guiding rules — terminal in a garden, sustainability, know-how, and artwork and tradition.
T2 was designed to provide a visually interesting expertise to passengers. The concept is to make journey by means of the terminal like a stroll in a park. One of the standout options of T2 is the hanging garden.
In phrases of passenger comfort, T2 options Digi Yatra – a contactless and seamless course of for verification of passengers based mostly on the usage of face biometrics. Passengers can use Digi Yatra to entry varied elements of the airport. The airport has self-drop baggage counters and full-body scanners.
Most technologically superior airport in south India
Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru is the one airport in south India to function impartial parallel runways, enabling plane to land or take off concurrently on two runways.
While one is a CAT I compliant runway, the opposite is CAT III-B compliant runway, which may facilitate plane touchdown with a Runway Visual Range as little as 50 meters and take-off with a Runway Visual Range of 125 metres.
