Sriperumbudur-Chennai: New Chennai International Airport

Upon completion, it will be the largest modern International Airport in South Asia.

For Chennai, the consultants are Creative Group with Frederic Schwartz and Gensler of the US. A new terminal building will be constructed and that along with the existing terminal will take passenger capacity from10 million annually to 30 million by 2010. This development work would make the airport adequate passenger handling capacity till 2015-16. The new terminal building will measure more than 140,000 sq mts. In addition to that there will be 140 check-in counters, 60 immigration counters, 7 security gates (3 international, 4 domestic), 4 conveyor belts and 7 aerobridges. Via