Summary:
The current airport is facing capacity constraint and hence, the new airport will replace the existing Heraklion airport. GMR Airports Limited is the designated Airport Operator in the consortium for this project. GMR Group’s Airport portfolio has around 159 million passenger capacity in operation and under development, comprising India's busiest Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi, Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport and Mactan Cebu International Airport in partnership with Megawide in Philippines. more-inThe Government of Greece has issued a Letter of Award to the consortium of GMR Airports Limited, a subsidiary of GMR Infrastructure Ltd, and TERNA Group for the development, operations and management of a new international airport of Heraklion at Crete, most visited island in Greece, on Friday. Project scopeThe scope of the project involves design, construction, financing, operation and maintenance and exploitation of the New Heraklion Crete New International Airport..