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[2] [3] As the new airport was delayed due to land acquisition problems, [2] [4] an expansion plan was unveiled to expand the existing Chennai International Airport in 2018 to increase the terminal area to 160,000 m 2 (1,700,000 sq ft) with a capacity of 35 million passengers. [5] The existing airport is expected to reach saturation by 2035. [6]
The airport is expected to reach saturation by 2035, with a peak capacity of 40 million passengers; a new greenfield airport has been proposed to supplement it. The airport is served by the Chennai International Airport Metro Station of the Chennai Metro and the Tirusulam railway station of the Chennai Suburban Railway.
A greenfield airport is an aviation facility with greenfield project characteristics. The designation reflects certain environmental qualities (using previously undeveloped or empty greenfield land , for example) and commissioning, planning and construction processes that are generally carried out from scratch.
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About 450 families were relocated to a new settlement called airport colony. [23] The airport was officially renamed to the current name in September 2024 by the Fourth N. Chandrababu Naidu ministry. [24] [25] TATA group announced they will be making 20 hotels near the airport and sought land from the district administration. [26]
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The station is the only elevated airport metro station in India. The other airport metro stations in the country such as those in Delhi, Lucknow, Mumbai and the proposed ones at Bangalore and Hyderabad are underground. [2] The station enables rapid transit connectivity with the airport, making Chennai the second city in India after Delhi to ...
Location: Meenambakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600016 ... Platform-1 → Chennai International Airport ... Route map. Chennai Suburban Railway: