Mumbai Airport New Integrated Terminal 2 aka T2
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Mumbai Airport New Integrated Terminal 2 aka T2
Those who would have taxied around BOM International Apron would have know how difficult it was to get around it. Bays kept on shifting, taxiways kept on shifting, aprons arranged and re-arranged for close to 6 years, and finally the end (intermediate until Phase 2 is done) result !
From Construction to Inauguration: The Story of Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji Intl. Airport's New Integrated Terminal 2 aka T2
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From Construction to Inauguration: The Story of Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji Intl. Airport's New Integrated Terminal 2 aka T2
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Has an increased fee been announced already? Is it going to be levied to operators who operate from old terminal too? 
Hope the next government doesn't modernize another airport.
India now has more world class airports than it needs.
Hope the next government doesn't modernize another airport.
India now has more world class airports than it needs.
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Mind blowing terminal with a shocking set of runways. Always in a state of disrepair. Runway 14 with a non standard approach because they built the tower in the wrong place. The rwy profile makes it feel like youre landing in a crater.It's a terrible airport to fly to with so many variables it's just not funny. Coupled with undisciplined local pilots whose RT is just dangerous. Yeah a mind blowing terminal alright. How long before the bits start falling off?
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Runway 14 with a non standard approach because they built the tower in the wrong place.
The ATC operations here have been taken over by the new tower, which stands at 83.8 metres, over 20 metres higher than the existing structure.
The new tower, built at a cost of around Rs.1.25 billion (Rs.125 crore/$20 million) affords an uninterrupted five-mile 360-degrees view of the surroundings for better navigation and surveillance.
However, its distinction will be short-lived as the new ATC tower in New Delhi is expected to stand 102 metres tall.
Equipped with the latest technology in communications, navigation and surveillance (CNS) systems, the new ATC has a capacity of handling 46 flight operations per hour, including around 750 take-offs and landings, and controlling other air traffic movements like international air traffic in a 24-hour cycle making it among the busiest in the country.
The swank, new ATC tower was inaugurated in October this year and since then was working in co-ordination with the old ATC tower before the formal migration took place Wednesday.
To be manned by around 10 ATC controllers and a dozen engineers in each shift, the new ATC tower is spread over 2,884 square metres with an award-winning design.
The old ATC tower will be soon be demolished and will enable the GVK Group that runs the airport provide more amenities and facilities to improve operations and efficiency at the airport.
The new tower, built at a cost of around Rs.1.25 billion (Rs.125 crore/$20 million) affords an uninterrupted five-mile 360-degrees view of the surroundings for better navigation and surveillance.
However, its distinction will be short-lived as the new ATC tower in New Delhi is expected to stand 102 metres tall.
Equipped with the latest technology in communications, navigation and surveillance (CNS) systems, the new ATC has a capacity of handling 46 flight operations per hour, including around 750 take-offs and landings, and controlling other air traffic movements like international air traffic in a 24-hour cycle making it among the busiest in the country.
The swank, new ATC tower was inaugurated in October this year and since then was working in co-ordination with the old ATC tower before the formal migration took place Wednesday.
To be manned by around 10 ATC controllers and a dozen engineers in each shift, the new ATC tower is spread over 2,884 square metres with an award-winning design.
The old ATC tower will be soon be demolished and will enable the GVK Group that runs the airport provide more amenities and facilities to improve operations and efficiency at the airport.
India's tallest ATC tower becomes operational in Mumbai : West, News - India Today
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New airport terminal gets ?gold? rating for green design | The Indian Express
Truly ordinary 
The state-of-the-art Terminal 2 or T2 at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai has just added another feather to its cap. The four-storey glass marvel, whose design has been inspired by a dancing peacock, has been awarded Indian Green Building Council’s (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) LEED gold rating for green buildings for sustainable and environment friendly design features. The swanky terminal is the third in the country and the largest to receive the ‘gold’ rating, after Delhi and Bengaluru’s terminals.
The terminal, which is expected to be functional from February, has set new benchmarks in green design. “ T2 passenger terminal is one of the greenest airport complexes in the world. It has several unique green features by design to provide healthier spaces for everyone at the terminal. The T2 terminal has also substantial reduction in water and power consumption thanks to its design,” said M Anand, principal counselor, IGBC.
Its peacock feather-inspired roof has dichroic lenses that allow defused daylight and natural sunlight to illuminate the terminal. The head-roof system has 28 large skylights, measuring 5,000 square feet each and 244 minor skylights, measuring 1,400 square feet each. The 6,420 dichroic lenses on the roof’s sculpted ceiling eliminate the need to use artificial lighting inside the terminal during daytime.
The terminal boasts of 1.6 lakh sq ft of green landscape, which has 77,000 plants of 80 species.
At the new terminal, you save fuel otherwise spent in looking for empty slots at a car park. The mutli-level car park has LED light signages over each slot that shows green light for an empty spot.
“It’s a privilege that the new integrated Terminal 2 has been awarded the LEED Gold certificate. GVK is committed to managing and developing CSIA in an environmentally sensitive and responsible manner,” said G V Sanjay Reddy, managing director, GVK Mumbai International Airport Limited.
The terminal, which is expected to be functional from February, has set new benchmarks in green design. “ T2 passenger terminal is one of the greenest airport complexes in the world. It has several unique green features by design to provide healthier spaces for everyone at the terminal. The T2 terminal has also substantial reduction in water and power consumption thanks to its design,” said M Anand, principal counselor, IGBC.
Its peacock feather-inspired roof has dichroic lenses that allow defused daylight and natural sunlight to illuminate the terminal. The head-roof system has 28 large skylights, measuring 5,000 square feet each and 244 minor skylights, measuring 1,400 square feet each. The 6,420 dichroic lenses on the roof’s sculpted ceiling eliminate the need to use artificial lighting inside the terminal during daytime.
The terminal boasts of 1.6 lakh sq ft of green landscape, which has 77,000 plants of 80 species.
At the new terminal, you save fuel otherwise spent in looking for empty slots at a car park. The mutli-level car park has LED light signages over each slot that shows green light for an empty spot.
“It’s a privilege that the new integrated Terminal 2 has been awarded the LEED Gold certificate. GVK is committed to managing and developing CSIA in an environmentally sensitive and responsible manner,” said G V Sanjay Reddy, managing director, GVK Mumbai International Airport Limited.
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Thanks Capt Apache.
Credit and praise (or frankly, adulation) are definitely due here. They have done a fantastic job given the arduous nature of the task. Not just the terminal, both Runways were re-surfaced, more RETs built for reduced ROT (too bad, these details are not much known to the general flying public), cracking old bituminous taxiways converted to concrete, current terminal given a temp facelift. I bet it would not have been possible without putting your heart and soul into it. And lest we forget, NMIA is a good 5-6 years from reality given the hurdles and shameful decision making process.
Cyril/Aditya, lets put it this way. Good Quality Infrastructure doesn't come free of cost! If you want efficiency, adherence to standard industry practices, world class facilities, you cannot rely upon sarkari AAI, can you?
Credit and praise (or frankly, adulation) are definitely due here. They have done a fantastic job given the arduous nature of the task. Not just the terminal, both Runways were re-surfaced, more RETs built for reduced ROT (too bad, these details are not much known to the general flying public), cracking old bituminous taxiways converted to concrete, current terminal given a temp facelift. I bet it would not have been possible without putting your heart and soul into it. And lest we forget, NMIA is a good 5-6 years from reality given the hurdles and shameful decision making process.
Cyril/Aditya, lets put it this way. Good Quality Infrastructure doesn't come free of cost! If you want efficiency, adherence to standard industry practices, world class facilities, you cannot rely upon sarkari AAI, can you?
