ISSUE
Friday, August 15, 2025
Volume 16 . Issue 72
A new 305-acre civil air terminal at the Chandigarh international Airport at Mohali was recently inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
All domestic flights operating to and from Chandigarh are likely to be shifted to the new terminal from October. The new terminal is equipped to handle international flights and passengers also.
An international flight, the first one from Chandigarh, to Dubai is likely to begin later this month, airport officials said.
The new airport has been developed at a cost of Rs. 939 crore by the Airports Authority of India (AAI) and is spread over 300 acres. It will have 48 check-in counters, 4 conveyor belts and a capacity to accommodate 1,600 passengers at any given time.
Once fully functional, the Chandigarh international airport is expected to cater to the international passengers from Punjab, a state that sees a heavy traffic of international fliers to the US, Canada, UK, Australia and New Zealand.
Right now, the Delhi international airport caters to this traffic but it could change if international airlines choose to fly directly from Chandigarh once the operational facilities of the new international airport are upgraded.
It is reliably learnt that Viswajeet Khanna, Secretary Civil Aviation, Punjab Government has been working on this project for many years, and it is good to see his efforts bear fruit and Chandigarh put on the international map. An aviation enthusiast himself, Viswajeet is well known in the region to be a hard working result oriented senior bureaucrat, who has successfully overseen many such critically important projects in the past. On behalf of the NRI community in New Zealand we thank him and hope that major airlines will connect Auckland with Chandigarh at the soonest.
A new 305-acre civil air terminal at the Chandigarh international Airport at Mohali was recently inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
All domestic flights operating to and from Chandigarh are likely to be shifted to the new terminal from October. The new terminal is equipped to handle...
A new 305-acre civil air terminal at the Chandigarh international Airport at Mohali was recently inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
All domestic flights operating to and from Chandigarh are likely to be shifted to the new terminal from October. The new terminal is equipped to handle international flights and passengers also.
An international flight, the first one from Chandigarh, to Dubai is likely to begin later this month, airport officials said.
The new airport has been developed at a cost of Rs. 939 crore by the Airports Authority of India (AAI) and is spread over 300 acres. It will have 48 check-in counters, 4 conveyor belts and a capacity to accommodate 1,600 passengers at any given time.
Once fully functional, the Chandigarh international airport is expected to cater to the international passengers from Punjab, a state that sees a heavy traffic of international fliers to the US, Canada, UK, Australia and New Zealand.
Right now, the Delhi international airport caters to this traffic but it could change if international airlines choose to fly directly from Chandigarh once the operational facilities of the new international airport are upgraded.
It is reliably learnt that Viswajeet Khanna, Secretary Civil Aviation, Punjab Government has been working on this project for many years, and it is good to see his efforts bear fruit and Chandigarh put on the international map. An aviation enthusiast himself, Viswajeet is well known in the region to be a hard working result oriented senior bureaucrat, who has successfully overseen many such critically important projects in the past. On behalf of the NRI community in New Zealand we thank him and hope that major airlines will connect Auckland with Chandigarh at the soonest.
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