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Chennai International Airport (IATA: MAA, ICAO: VOMM) is an international airport serving the city of Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu, India. It is located in Tirusulam in Chengalpattu district , in the Greater Chennai Metropolitan Area around 21 km (13 mi) southwest of the city centre.
Airport name Category Ownership Status Chennai: Tirusulam: VOMM MAA Chennai International Airport [1] International [note 1] AAI [2] Operational Chennai: Parandur [3] [note 2] [note 2] Chennai Greenfield International Airport: International TIDCO and AAI [citation needed] Proposed Coimbatore: Peelamedu: VOCB CJB Coimbatore International Airport ...
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[2] [3] As the new airport was delayed due to land acquisition problems, [2] [4] an expansion plan was unveiled to expand the existing Chennai International Airport in 2018 to increase the terminal area to 160,000 m 2 (1,700,000 sq ft) with a capacity of 35 million passengers. [5] The existing airport is expected to reach saturation by 2035. [6]
The safety of the passengers is paramount at airports run by the Airports Authority of India. AAI's highly trained Rescue and Fire Services stand ready to provide rescue and fire protection at all times. There is an airport emergency plan to coordinate the efforts of mutual aid agencies within the airport and its immediate vicinity.
[4] [5] The sector is further divided into two sub-sectors: Airport Sector-1 (APS-1) headed by Vijay Prakash IPS (UP cadre 1996 batch) with headquarters in New Delhi and Airport Sector-2 (APS-2) headed by Jose Mohan IPS (Rajasthan cadre 2002 batch) with headquarters in Bangalore, each is headed by an inspector general of police.
The station is the only elevated airport metro station in India. The other airport metro stations in the country such as those in Delhi, Lucknow, Mumbai and the proposed ones at Bangalore and Hyderabad are underground. [2] The station enables rapid transit connectivity with the airport, making Chennai the second city in India after Delhi to ...
Chennai Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority - (CUMTA) is a government agency in Chennai that participates in the local governance of public transport concerns. [ 1 ] References