Click to play videoHyderabad: The new international airport in the city is almost ready and the first trial run will take place on Tuesday. The first flight is scheduled to land at 4 pm, at the airport that is being touted as a traveler's paradise.
The Begumpet Airport in Hyderabad which has been open since the days of Nizam's rule will soon be consigned to history. The city is getting a new, modern replacement — the 2500 crore Rajiv Gandhi International Airport.
The airport will be equipped with the following.
- A 70 meter high Air Traffic Control tower.
- 4,260-metre-long runway— India's longest, and capable of handling the world's largest aircraft—the Airbus A380.
- 4,260-metre taxiway for emergency takeoffs.
- A seven-storey passenger terminal.
- 42 parking bays.
- 60 check-in counters.
- An airport village.
- A business hotel with 308 rooms.
- And many shopping outlets.
In its initial phase, the airport will be capable of handling over one crore passengers and more than one lakh tonnes of cargo a year. And once the airport is completed, it will handle over four crore passengers and ten lakh tonnes of cargo a year.
The new airport will be commercially operational from March 16, and the first trial run of a passenger aircraft will take place on Tuesday.
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