Adani to invest $1.2bn for Lucknow Airport expansion in India

Adani Group is set to invest $1.2b for the expansion of Lucknow Airport in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. This expansion will enable the airport to increase its annual passenger handling capacity from four million passengers per annum (MPPA) to 39 MPPA, reported Business Standard. The Union environment ministry has cleared the expansion plan for the airport. Adani Group company Lucknow International Airport Limited was quoted by the news publication as saying: “CCSIA (Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport) in Lucknow has a total land area of 509.41ha (1258.80 acres), making it one of the most land-constrained airports in India.” LIAL is now planning to expand the airport within an area of 457.1ha. It further noted: “CCSIA presently has two operational passenger terminals: international terminal (T1) and the domestic terminal (T2). A new integrated terminal building (T3) is under construction, located west of Terminal T1.”<br/>