The Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA) in Mumbai served 30.7 million passengers in 2011-12 against 29 million the previous year, according to a corporate sustainability report by Mumbai International Airport Pvt Ltd (MIAL), the airport operator.
The airport transported 657,000 tonnes of cargo in 2011-12, down from 670,000 tonnes in 2010-11, the report added.
CSIA became the first airport in India to report on sustainability, which complies with the international standards of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI).
Detailed disclosure
The report contains detailed disclosures on the performance of MIAL based on key sustainability parameters such as economic, environment and social performance.
“As part of modernisation, we have many plans in store for the coming years. The construction of our new integrated ‘green’ terminal will increase our passenger handling capacity to 40 million,” said R.K. Jain, CEO, MIAL.
The biggest investment by MIAL is in the ongoing construction of a new terminal at Sahar. When complete, this new Common User Terminal will cover a land area of 2.10 lakh square metres and will replace the existing international terminal.
The terminal itself will have an area of 4.39 lakh square metres spread over four levels and will include new taxiways and areas for aircraft parking. The entire project is estimated to cost Rs 9,800 crore and employ over 12,000 workers, the report added.