Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport

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Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport
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File:Lucknow International Airport Terminal-2.jpg
Terminal-2, CCSIA
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner
OperatorLucknow International Airport Limited (LIAL)[1]
ServesLucknow and Central Uttar Pradesh
LocationAmausi, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Opened1986 (38 years ago) (1986)
Focus city for
Elevation AMSL123 m / 404 ft
Coordinates26°45′43″N 080°53′00″E / 26.76194°N 80.88333°E / 26.76194; 80.88333Coordinates: 26°45′43″N 080°53′00″E / 26.76194°N 80.88333°E / 26.76194; 80.88333
WebsiteCCSIA Lucknow
Map
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
09/27 2,744 9,003 PEM
Statistics (April 2021 – March 2022)
Passengers3,303,960 (Increase35.4%)
Aircraft movements30,005 (Increase30.7%)
Cargo tonnage14,942 (Increase49.9%)
Sources: AIP from AAI[2][3][4]

Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport (IATA: LKO, ICAO: VILK) is an international airport serving Lucknow, the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.[5] It is located in the Amausi area of the city 14 km far from the city centre, and was earlier also known as ''Amausi International Airport''. It was later renamed in 2008 after Chaudhary Charan Singh, the fifth prime minister of India.[6] It is owned and operated by the Lucknow International Airport Limited (LIAL), a public- private consortium led by Adani Group.

CCSIA is the 11th busiest airport in terms of passenger traffic in India. It handled around 2.5 million passengers, with 22,954 aircraft movement in the fiscal year 2020–2021 and handled around 5.5 million passengers, with 38,494 aircraft movement in the fiscal year 2019-2020.

Due to the COVID-19 air travel ban, the passenger traffic declined by 55.1% in the year 2020-2021 and the aircraft movement declined by 40.4% in same year.

The airport has two operational terminals (T1 and T2), and one under construction passenger terminal (T3) that will be completed by the end of the year 2022.

History[edit]

The airport was constructed in 1986 to facilitate corporate and government officials. With an increasing number of passengers, AAI decided to upgrade and expand the airport in 1996, owing to an increased number of passengers and the introduction of private operators in the sector.[7]

On 17 July 2008, the Government of India officially renamed the Amausi Airport to Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport.

The second terminal (T2) equipped with latest technology was then built in 2012 to handle the increasing domestic traffic.[7] T2 was inaugurated and granted International status on 19 May 2012.[8]

The construction of a third terminal (T3) for international operations was announced in 2016 in order to cater the increasing traffic of passengers. In 2018, the Government of India approved the new terminal 3 which will be built at INR 13.83 billion.[9]

In February 2019, the Adani Enterprises led - Lucknow International Airport Limited (LIAL) won the rights of operations, management and development of the airport under the public-private partnership (PPP) model.[10] As per the agreement, the airports would be handed to the company for a period of 50 years at the highest bid of ₹171 per passenger. The company will pay the per-passenger fee (PPF) to AAI for every domestic and international passenger handled at the airport.[11]

Runway[edit]

CCSIA has ILS CAT IIIB capability on runway 27, which enables landing in low visibility conditions.

Delhi, Lucknow, Bangalore, Kolkata, Jaipur, and Amritsar are the only 6 airports in India with ILS CAT IIIB which helps flights land safely even with visibility as low as 50 metres.[12]

Terminals[edit]

The airport has two operational terminals and one under construction:

Terminal 1 (T1)[edit]

  • The original terminal, built to complement Charbagh Railway Station's architecture.
  • It has two arrival and three departing gates as well as two immigration counters.
  • The terminal which was expanded in 1996.
  • It is now used for international flights after the opening of Terminal 2 in 2012.[13]
  • T1 will be demolished in the 2nd phase of the CCSI airport expansion project to link T2 and T3.[14]

Terminal 2 (T2)[edit]

  • The Terminal 2 was originally built to become the international terminal. However, owing to the growing domestic traffic it was made the domestic terminal, leaving Terminal 1 to be the international terminal.
  • The terminal was inaugurated by then civil aviation minister Ajit Singh on 19 May 2012 before opening on 2 June 2012.[15] With five boarding gates, Terminal 2 is used for domestic flights.
  • Terminal 2 of Lucknow Airport deals with huge passenger traffic every year.[16]
  • Air traffic growth has put some pressure on aerodromes as of 2017.
  • Minister of State for Civil Aviation said, "project management consultant has been awarded for expansion of existing terminal building for an estimated cost of Rs 8.80 billion".[17]

Terminal 3 (T3) Under Construction[edit]

  • On 2 May 2018, Suresh Prabhu the then Minister of Civil Aviation announced that a new International Swanky Terminal Building will be constructed having an area of 1,11,367 square meter including a Basement area of 20,461 square meter and a Connecting Corridor between Terminal 2 and Terminal 3 of 6,646 square meter area and a capacity to handle 13.6 million passengers annually.
  • It is being built at a cost of INR 13.83 billion.[9]
  • Peak Hour Handling (PHP) capacity of the new terminal will be 4,000 passengers (3,200 Domestic & 800 International).[18]
  • In 2018, the construction of the terminal building was started by Nagarjuna Construction Company (NCC) and would be completed in two phases.
  • Its all design and interiors have been designed by the Pascal+Watson.
  • The first phase which includes the construction of T3 will be completed by the end of year 2022. The second phase which includes the extension of the domestic part of the T3 after demolition of T1 and constructing connecting corridor between T2 and T3 will be completed by March 2023.[14]
  • On 25 February 2019, Adani Group was awarded with the operations and expansion of the existing as well as the new T3.[19][20]
  • It will be a multi story terminal building with departures at the first floor and arrivals at the ground floor.
  • The terminal architecture will endeavour to express the position of Lucknow as a key central city of the province of Uttar Pradesh.
  • Strong references to traditional culture will be expressed by the building's architecture.
  • Arriving and Departing passengers will sense this identity and reference to place.
  • The building will be provided with aesthetically appealing and soothing interior decoration matching the modern structure.[21]
  • Along with the new terminal building a multi story parking with the capacity of parking 1,500 vehicles is proposed to build in the front of T3 and is expected to complete by the end of year 2022.

Airlines and destinations[edit]

AirlinesDestinations
AirAsia India Bangalore (begins 5 August 2022), Delhi (begins 5 August 2022), Goa (begins 5 August 2022), Kolkata, Mumbai (both begin 1 September 2022) [22]
Air India Delhi, Mumbai
Air India Express Dubai–International, Jeddah
Alliance Air Delhi, Gorakhpur
Flydubai Dubai–International
Flynas Dammam, Riyadh
Go First[23] Bangalore, Delhi, Hyderabad, Mumbai
IndiGo Abu Dhabi (begins 2 July 2022), Agra, Ahmedabad, Allahabad, Amritsar, Bangalore, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Dammam, Dehradun, Delhi, Dubai–International, Goa, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Indore, Jaipur, Kolkata, Mumbai, Muscat (begins 17 July 2022), Nagpur, Pantnagar,[24] Patna, Pune, Raipur, Ranchi,[25] Sharjah
SalamAir Muscat
Saudia Jeddah, Riyadh
Vistara Delhi

Statistics[edit]

See source Wikidata query and sources.


Awards[edit]

Terminal-2, CCS International Airport
  • The airport was awarded AAI's "Best Airport" award in July 2013 along with Jodhpur Airport.[26]
  • Lucknow Airport was rated second-best in the category of small airports catering to 5–10 million passengers per annum by Airports Council International, a global non-profit organisation of airport operators.[27]
  • In 2018, Lucknow Airport was awarded the best airport in the category "Best Airport by Size and Region (2–5 million passengers per year in Asia-Pacific Region)" by the Airports Council International.[28]
  • The Passenger Terminal 2 Building's Architects, S. Ghosh & Associates were awarded the NDTV-Grohe Infrastructure Architecture Design of the Year Award in 2014 for the project.[29]
  • In 2019, the Airport was awarded first position in ASQ awards in Asia Pacific region for 5 to 15 million capacity pet annum by Airport Council International (ACI).[30]
  • In January 2021 Lucknow Airport was accredited in the Airports Council International (ACI) Airport Health Accreditation programme. The global recognition demonstrates extraordinary proactive measures put in place by the airport to ensure passenger safety.[31]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Downloads". Adani.com. Archived from the original on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  2. ↑ "Annexure III - Passenger Data" (PDF). www.aai.aero. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  3. ↑ "Annexure II - Aircraft Movement Data" (PDF). www.aai.aero. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 May 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  4. ↑ "Annexure IV - Freight Movement Data" (PDF). www.aai.aero. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  5. ↑ "Lucknow Airport". AAI. Archived from the original on 11 August 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  6. ↑ "Chaudhary Charan Singh, The 5th Prime Minister of India". My Nation. Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd. Archived from the original on 4 August 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Lucknow Airport- Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport, Lucknow – Lucknow Travel Guide". Archived from the original on 3 February 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  8. ↑ "The Times Of India". 4 August 2012. Archived from the original on 13 October 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Govt nod for 3 new airport terminal buildings at Chennai, Lucknow and Guwahati – Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Archived from the original on 3 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  10. ↑ PTI (22 October 2020). "Adani To Take Over Airport Ops At Mangaluru, Lucknow, Ahmedabad Soon". NDTV. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  11. ↑ "Airport makeover: No takeoff in sight for Adani operations". The Financial Express. 23 August 2020. Archived from the original on 7 September 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  12. ↑ "Airport ready to facilitate landing in 50 m visibility | Lucknow News – Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 9 December 2016. Archived from the original on 7 September 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  13. ↑ "Swanky Amausi ready for take-off after a month". The Times of India. 17 December 2011. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Pandemic delays work on swanky Terminal 3 at CCS Airport by a year". 3 September 2020. Archived from the original on 4 September 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  15. ↑ "New Terminal at Lucknow Airport". Airport International. 31 May 2012. Archived from the original on 1 June 2012.
  16. ↑ "Airports Authority of India". Archived from the original on 15 September 2014.
  17. ↑ "Kerala firm gets government nod for sea plane operations: Union minister Jayant Sinha". The Financial Express. 20 July 2017. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  18. ↑ "Domestic Projects | AIRPORTS AUTHORITY OF INDIA". Aai.aero. 17 August 2017. Archived from the original on 14 June 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  19. ↑ Manoj, Ashwini Phadnis & P. (25 February 2019). "Adani lands 5 airports with winning bids". @businessline. Archived from the original on 14 November 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  20. ↑ "Adani group wins bids to operate five airports". 25 February 2019. Archived from the original on 8 November 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  21. ↑ Pascall+Watson / redboxmedia. "Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport, New Terminal • Aviation • Work • Pascall+Watson". Pascalls.co.uk. Archived from the original on 31 August 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  22. ↑ "AirAsia India to Lucknow". Retrieved 16 June 2022.
  23. ↑ "Budget airline GoAir rebrands as Go First". Archived from the original on 16 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  24. ↑ "Lucknow Flight News: Now direct flight from Lucknow to Uttarakhand will start from June 2-हवाई सफर करने वालों के लिए अच्छी खबर, अब लखनऊ से उत्तराखंड के लिए दो जून से सीधी उड़ान". Times Now (in हिन्दी). 24 May 2022. Retrieved 24 May 2022.
  25. ↑ "Ranchi to get direct flights to Lucknow, Bhubaneshwar". Archived from the original on 3 August 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  26. ↑ "Airports Authority of India" (PDF). 23 January 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 January 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  27. ↑ "Lucknow airport judged second-best in small airport category – Times of India". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 6 January 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  28. ↑ "Asia-Pacific". Aci.aero. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  29. ↑ "Infrastructure Architecture Design of the Year (Sports, Transport, Bridges)". NDTV Design And Architecture Awards 2017. 17 July 2015. Archived from the original on 11 July 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  30. ↑ "Proud achievement! Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, 6 other Indian airports bag awards for World's best airports". The Financial Express. 11 March 2020. Archived from the original on 25 August 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  31. ↑ "Three Adani Airports including Mangaluru awarded ACI Airport Health Accreditation for safe travel". Daijiworld.com. 18 January 2021. Archived from the original on 30 January 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2021.

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