Chennai airport's new terminal to be commissioned by 2022-end: AAI

The Chennai airport's new integrated terminal, which would be constructed af ter demolishing existing terminals 2 and 3, would be commissioned by December 2022, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) said on Wednesday. The new terminal will have a total area of 2,18,000 sqm and function as one large integrated terminal for international and domestic operations, the AAI said. The new terminal will enhance the present capacity from 21 mn passengers per annum to 35 mn passengers per annum, the AAI said in a press release. The project will be completed in two stages. In the first stage, domestic terminal 2 has been demolished for construction of new facility which is scheduled to be commissioned by June 2021, it said.