Thursday, February 7, 2008

Shamshabad airport -- Hyderabad



The prestigious Shamshabad airport construction undertaken by the GMR group is all set for trial runs from Feb 12th. The project is being developed at the cost of Rs.2478 crores.Final touches are being made for the inauguration by Sonia Gandhi on march 16th.

According to officials of GMR group, Kingfisher and Jet airways would be conducting the calibration tests on Feb 12th.

Mr Raja Gopala Swamy, chief financial officer of GMR said “The airport will be right on schedule. It has been designed to cater to 12 million passengers and 1 lakh tonnes of freight per annum in the first phase”.

The airport is sure to be another landmark in the City of Pearls.

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