Brief on Airports Authority of India
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Brief on Airports Authority of India Introduction Airports Authority of India (AAI) came to existence on 1st April 1995. AAI has been constituted as a Statutory Authority under the Airports Authority of India Act, 1994. It has been created by merging the erstwhile International Airports Authority of India and National Airports Authority with a view to accelerate the integrated development, expansion and modernization of the air traffic services, passenger terminals, operational areas and cargo facilities at the airports in the country. The main functions of the Authority are as under:- • Control and management of the Indian air space (excluding special user air space) extending beyond the territorial limits of the country as accepted by ICAO. • Provision of Communication, Navigational and Surveillance Aids. • Expansion and strengthening of operational areas viz. Runways, Aprons, Taxiways, etc. and provision of ground based landing and movement control aids for aircrafts & vehicular traffic in operational area. • Design, development, operation and maintenance of passenger terminals. • Development and management of cargo terminals at international and domestic airports. • Provision of passenger facilities and information systems in the passenger terminals. AAI owns and maintains 125 airports comprising 68 operational airports, 26 Civil Enclaves, i.e. Civil Air Terminals at Defence controlled airports where AAI handles civil flight operations and 31 non-operational airports. In addition, AAI provides Air Navigation Services (ANS) at all civil airports in the country. AAI manages the designated Indian air space measuring 2.8 million square nautical miles which includes land area measuring 1.05 million square nautical miles and oceanic airspace measuring 1.75 million square nautical miles. Air Navigation Services are also provided by the AAI at 9 other airports that are not managed by AAI namely Bangalore, Hyderabad, Cochin, Lengpui, Diu, Latur, Mundra, Nanded and Sathya Sai Puttaparthy Airports, which are joint venture airports, State Government owned airports and private airports. The Authority continued with its mandate of creating more airport infrastructure and navigation infrastructure across the length and breadth of the nation. New Terminal Buildings were commissioned at Chennai, Kolkata, Ranchi, Bhubaneswar, and Goa airports in the current financial year. Last updated on: 28 April, 2014 1 Traffic The passenger traffic, having witnessed phenomenal surge in the last decade placing the Indian Civil Aviation sector on a high growth trajectory has increased from 37.0 million in 1995-96 to 168.90 million in 2013-14. This surge in traffic led to congestions at major airports affecting air safety and operational efficiency. The table below indicates the recent trends in the Air Traffic. Year Aircraft Movement Passenger Freight (in 000) (In Million) (In `000 MT) INTL DOM TOTAL INTL DOM TOTAL INTL DOM TOTAL 2012-13 313.91 1164.90 1478.81 43.03 116.37 159.40 1406.33 784.22 2190.55 2013-14* 334.59 1194.58 1529.17 46.44 122.44 168.88 1424.75 828.34 2253.09 %age 6.6 2.5 3.4 7.8 5.0 5.9 1.3 5.6 2.9 change Jan-March, 83.74 297.55 381.29 12.07 30.34 42.41 349.06 205.31 554.37 2014 Jan-March, 81.73 286.75 368.38 11.78 30.15 41.93 343.02 188.92 531.95 2013 %age 2.5 3.8 3.5 2.5 0.6 1.1 1.8 8.7 4.2 change To enhance airport infrastructure capacity at Indian airports, upgradation of existing airport infrastructure in metro & non-metro cities and construction of new greenfield airports continued in FY 2013-14 to bridge the gap between the available airport capacity and the projected demand. Resources being limited, strategies are evolved to augment and create airport capacity ahead of demand schedule at busy airports in an optimal manner by leveraging technology and adopting best management skills & practices including private sector participation towards upgradation of airport infrastructure. Over the years, passenger handling capacity has increased from 72 million (FY-06) to 270 million (FY-13-14). Although growth in passenger traffic in fiscal FY 2012-13 was negative, but it has shown signs of recovery in the fiscal FY2013-14. There is 5.9 % increase in passenger traffic from April 2013 to March 2014 (168.88 million) over the corresponding period in FY 2012-13 (159.40 million). Finance The Revenue of AAI during the year 2013-14 has increased by about 15% i.e. from Rs. 6317.28 crores (2012-13) to Rs. 7948.47 crores. The profit after tax has also increased from Rs. 734.99 crores to Rs. 796.33 crores registering an increase of 8.34%. Airport Infrastructure (Planning & Engineering) AAI has completed expansion and upgradation of two metro airports at Kolkata and Chennai Airports at the cost of Rs.2325 crores and Rs.2015 crores, respectively. Annual cargo handling capacity and efficiency of operations at Chennai Airport has been augmented to handle overall 11 lakh MT of cargo with the construction of new modern Import Cargo Complex equipped with Automatic Storage Retrieval System at a cost of Rs.144 crores. Last updated on: 28 April, 2014 2 Airports are key infrastructure of Civil Aviation Sector which facilitates the overall growth of business, trade and tourism with multiplier effect in the catchment areas around the city of its location. Over the period of time, AAI has developed and upgraded 60 airports in the country which include 35 airports in major cities and 25 airports in Tier-II and Tier-III cities. In the financial year FY 2013-14 new terminals have been commissioned at Chennai, Kolkata, Kadappa, Gondia (Module-II) Bhubaneswar, Ranchi and Goa. New Civil Enclave has been constructed at Bikaner Airport. I Achievements in FY 2013-14 1. Development of Goa International Airport including New Integrated Terminal (Cost Rs. 345 Crores). Domestic Operations commenced from 18 Feb, 2014 and International & Chartered Operations commenced from New Integrated Terminal from 12th March, 2014. 2. Works related to declaration of Imphal and Bhubaneswar airports for International Operations completed in a time bound manner; • Modification and upgradation of existing terminal building for integrated operations at Imphal Airport. • Modification and upgradation of Old Terminal Building for international operations at Bhubaneswar Airport. Note :- Imphal and Bhubaneswar declared as international airport vide GOI Gazette Notification dated 14.11.2013. 3. Commissioning of New Integrated Terminal at Ranchi Airport (Rs. 138 crores). 4. Commissioning of New Domestic Terminal at Bhubaneswar Airport (Rs. 145 crores). 5. Commissioning of New Integrated Terminal at NSCBI Airport, Kolkata (Rs. 2325 crores). 6. Commissioning of New Domestic & International Terminals at Chennai Airport (Rs. 2015 cr). 7. Commissioning of Expanded Terminal 1A and other facilities at Kempegowda International Airport, Bangalore (PPP) in January, 2014. 8. Commissioning of New Terminal (T2) at CSI Airport, Mumbai in February, 2014. 9. Night Landing Operations approval accorded by DGCA for Dibrugarh, Lilabari and Dimapur Airports in North East Region in July, 2013. 10. Development of New Civil Enclave at Bikaner & upgradation of Kadappa Apt. (Mar 2014). 11. Air Cargo Complex commissioned for Int’l Cargo Operations at Mangalore (May, 2013). Last updated on: 28 April, 2014 3 12. Common User Domestic Air Cargo Terminal commissioned at NSCBI Airport, Kolkata and Jaipur Airport (July, 2013). 13. Contract awarded for construction of National Aviation University at IGRUA, Fursatganj towards capacity building for skilled personnel in Aviation Sector (Rs. 86 cr. – August, 2013) 14. Contract awarded for construction of Indian Aviation Academy (Training needs for AAI, BCAS and DGCA) at Vasant Kunj, New Delhi (Rs. 94 cr – Oct, 2013). 15. Installation of statue of Bharat Ratna Dr. B. R. Ambedkar at Nagpur Airport (Apr. 13) 16. Installation of Statue (Bust) of Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri (Former PM), at Varanasi Airport, 02 Feb, 2014. 17. Air Side Capacity enhanced by Expansion of apron for additional parking bays at Chandigarh and Jorhat, Part parallel Taxi track at Amritsar, strengthening/extension of runway, construction of parallel taxiway at Gondia. 18. Regional and Remote Area Connectivity (i) Development of airport at Kadappa & New Civil Enclave at Bikaner in March, 14. (ii) Contract awarded for development of Kishangarh Airport, Rajasthan (Foundation stone laid by Hon’ble PM of India on 21.09.13 - Rs. 54 cr.) (iii) Contract awarded for upgardation and development of Hubli Airport (November, 2013 – Rs. 71 cr.). (iv) Contract awarded for upgradation and development of Belgaum Airport (November, 2013 – Rs. 36 cr.) (v) MOU signed between AAI and State Govt. of Chhatisgarh for development of Raigarh Airport (July, 2013). (vi) MOU signed with the State Government of Uttar Pradesh for development of Airports at Meerut, Moradabad and Faizabad and development of New Civil Enclaves at Bareilly, Kanpur, Allahabad and Agra on 24 Feb, 2014. (vii) MOUs are in finalization stage for development of low cost airports at Karnal & Hissar with the State Govt. of Haryana and for Jharsuguda airport with State Govt. of Odisha. 19. Important Studies completed / in progress (i) Development of model for low cost airport (ii) Study on air connectivity in North East Region for Ministry of DONER & NEC. Last updated on: 28 April, 2014 4 (iii) Pre-feasibility studies completed towards development of airports under Regional and remote area connectivity for 48 Nos. Tier II & Tier III cities in India. (iv) Study on Impact of proposed Cargo Airport at Rohtak, Haryana on Cargo Potential of IGI Airport, New Delhi. 20. Sustainability (i) Solar Photo Voltic Power Plant commissioned at Bhopal, Bhubneswar and Indore airport (100kwp capacity each). (ii) Water harvesting and recharging of ground water completed at Calicut, Goa, Imphal, Jaiselmer and Khajuraho Airport (Jan – March, 2014). (iii) Solid Waste Management through construction of Sewage Treatment Plant commissioned at Goa, Trivandrum, Calicut and Chandigarh airports & nearing completion at Khajuraho airport.