In order to increase Lucknow Airport’s annual passenger handling capacity from 4 million passengers per year (MPPA) to 39 MPPA, the Adani group will invest Rs 10,700 crore in the airport’s expansion.
The Union Environment Ministry approved the airport’s expansion plan on December 15. The expansion’s deadline, however, was not mentioned in the plan that was presented to the government. The scheme and the clearance have been examined by Business Standard.
Prior reports indicated that the Adani company would triple the Ahmedabad airport’s capacity for passenger handling between 2023 and 2027 in order to transform it into a regional hub.
The plan of Lucknow International Airport Limited (LIAL), an Adani group company, said: “CCSIA (Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport) in Lucknow has a total land area of 509.41 hectares (1258.80 acres), making it one of the most land-constrained airports in India.”
LIAL now proposes expansion of CCSIA within an area of 457.1 hectares, it added.
