Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport | Amritsar, India

Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport (IATA: ATQ, ICAO: VIAR) named after Guru Ram Das Ji, the fourth Sikh Guru and the founder of Amritsar city, is an international airport about 11 kilometres (7 mi) northwest of the city of Amritsar, Punjab, India. Beside this, the airport serves the neighbouring Western districts of Himachal Pradesh and Southern districts of Jammu and Kashmir. Amritsar Airport is the largest and busiest airport in the Indian state of Punjab and 21st busiest airport in India for daily scheduled operations.The airport was the fastest growing airport in India for growth in Passenger traffic during the fiscal year 2017-18

Terminal

Terminal interior
The arrivals section of the old terminal was inaugurated in September 2005, and the departures section was made operational in March 2006. A new integrated terminal building, built in glass and steel and equipped with modern facilities like an inline X-ray baggage inspection and conveyor system, Flight Information Display System (FIDS), Common Use Terminal Equipment (CUTE), and CCTV for surveillance among others, was inaugurated on 25 February 2009, with an area of approximately 40,175 square metres (432,440 sq ft) marking an improvement over the earlier 12,770 square metres (137,500 sq ft) facility. The new terminal building is a blend of modern and Indian designs, constructed in glass and steel with Indian style arches and colours. For the quarter ending 30 June 2016, the airport registered a 59.6% growth of international passenger traffic.[3]

The integrated terminal building has four aerobridges (including new recently fitted ones at bay no. 2 and bay no. 4), an annual capacity of 1.46 million passengers with a peak hour capacity of 1,200 passengers. The building has 30 check-in counters, 4 X-ray scanners (for baggage), 26 immigration Counters, 10 custom counters, 12 security check booths, and 4 conveyor belts for arrivals. The apron has been extended to cater for parking of a total of 25 aircraft (8 Category 'E’, 3 Category 'D’ and 13 Category 'C’ types of aircraft & 1 category 'E' for cargo) from the earlier capacity of 15 aircraft and strengthened for parking of Category 'C’ type of aircraft. The departure and arrival halls operate duty-free shops. The departure hall also accommodates foreign currency exchange service, a book store, restaurants and other shops for the convenience of departing passengers.[4] The airport registered India's highest passenger growth of over 48% for the year 2017-2018.[5]. Currently, the flights coming in the airport connect it direct to over 20 destinations across India and other countries.As per source,India's maiden airline Spicejet has filed for slots at London-Heathrow for starting direct flights between Amritsar and London.The flight is expected to start in Late March and this would make London as 2nd European destination out of Amritsar Airport

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