Infrastructure
New integrated terminal building at Veer Savarkar International Airport, Port Blair.
Gateway to the pristine islands of Andaman and Nicobar, the Veer Savarkar international Airport at Port Blair is soon going to have a new terminal building.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the new integrated terminal building of Port Blair airport on 18 July via video conferencing.
The new passenger terminal building will have three floors comprising of lower ground, upper ground and first floor. The lower ground floor will be used as remote arrival, bus lounge and service area, the upper ground floor as access to the terminal building for departure and arrival of the passengers and the first floor as security hold area (SHA).
Inspired from nature, the design of the terminal is a shell-shaped structure depicting sea and islands.
The terminal building is equipped with 28 check-in counters to facilitate smooth passenger flow, three passenger boarding bridges for convenient boarding and disembarking, and four conveyor belts for efficient baggage handling.