Tenders invited for expansion of international terminal in Thiruvananthapuram airport

Amid the controversy over the proposed stake sale in Adani Vizhinjam Port Private Ltd. (AVPPL), the concessionaire operating the Vizhinjam deep-water transshipment port, to Terminal Investment Ltd. (TiL), the port operating arm of the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) Group, the Adani Group, which took over control of the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport, has invited tenders for the development of the international terminal (T2) and ancillary buildings at the airport.

The international terminal, which has the capacity to handle 3.2 million passengers a year, will be expanded to accommodate more passengers. Once the expansion work is completed, the terminal will be able to handle a total of 11.2 million passengers annually. The domestic terminal is already highly congested, handling around 2.4 million passengers a year against its original capacity of 1.3 million, almost twice its designed capacity.