Civil construction work on GMR Hyderabad's Rs.2,478 crore Rajiv Gandhi International airport at Shamshabad in Ranga Reddy district is scheduled for completion by end-2007.

Around 67 per cent of the work on passenger terminal building, air traffic control and air side and land side work were completed. Work is also underway to build 42 parking bays, cargo building and apron. The other special features of the airport include fuel supply system on open access basis, modular cargo terminal with an initial capacity to handle 100,000 metric tonne per year, an airport village for shopping and a business hotel of 308 rooms.

Trials and certification process for the proposed airport will take three months after which the airport will launch its commercial operations in March 2008. When completed the airport will have a 4,260 m long runway, India's longest for civil aviation and can handle 12 million passengers a year. The airport is built to handle the world's largest commercial aircraft A-380.

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