BIZ-AIRPORT

Hyderabad Airport adds 26 new parking slots for aircraft

Hyderabad, Jan 9 (PTI): Twenty six new parking stands for

aircraft have been commissioned at the Rajiv Gandhi

International airport here, enhancing handling capacity by 45

per cent, the GMR group said Wednesday.

With the addition of these stands, spread over 65,000

square meters, the airport now has 83 parking stands, up from

the earlier 57 (47 remote and 10 aerobridges), a release said.

The stands, which took about 10 months to complete, can

hold 22 scheduled Code C aircraft and four Code B aircraft

catering to general aviation or business jets, it said.

"With the phenomenal growth in passenger and cargo

throughput, as well as aircraft movements, and the resulting

fleet expansions there is a rising demand for aircraft parking

stands by airlines.

Our expansion plan has proactively accommodated all

these conditions to ensure enhanced service quality and faster

turnaround times," S G K Kishore, CEO of GMR Hyderabad

Airports Ltd. (GHIAL), said.

GMR Hyderabad International Airport Limited (GHIAL) is

the company that operates the city airport.