Sourav Bindal

Review of GVK Mumbai International Airpo...

The airport has three operating terminals spread o...

The airport has three operating terminals spread over a total land area of 750 hectares (1,850 acres)[6] and handles about 950 aircraft movements per day. It handled a record 1,007 aircraft movements on 9 December 2018, higher than its earlier record of 1,003 flight movements in a day in June 2018. It handled a record 51 movements in one hour on 16 September 2014.[7] Along with IGI Delhi, it was adjudged the "World's Best Airport" at Airport Service Quality Awards 2017 in the highest category of airports handling more than 40 million passengers annually by Airports Council International.[8] It has also won the "Best Airport in India and Central Asia" award at the Skytrax 2016 World Airport Awards.[9] It is one of the three airports in India to have implemented Airport Collaborative Decision Making (A-CDM) to ensure timely takeoffs and landings.[10]

The airport is operated by Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL), a Joint Venture between the Airports Authority of India and the GVK Industries Ltd led consortium[11] which was appointed in February 2006 to carry out the modernisation of the Airport.[12] The new integrated terminal T2 was inaugurated on 10 January 2014[13] and opened for international operations on 12 February 2014.[14] A dedicated six lane, elevated road connecting the new terminal with the main arterial Western Express Highway[15] was also opened to the public the same day.[16]