Walkalators at KIA parking lot to aid fliers

  • | Friday | 22nd February, 2019

BENGALURU: Passengers at Kempegowda International Airport KIA ) will soon stop huffing and puffing as they lug their baggage between Terminal 1 and the parking lot as covered, elevated walkalators will soon be available for them.Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL), operator of KIA, recently floated a tender for construction of a 400-metre long elevated steel pedestrian walkway. It will stand at a height of 6 metres from the road level and will be equipped with freight elevators, staircases and moving walkways/walkalators to ferry passengers and their luggage trolleys in both directions.“Parking facilities at the Bengaluru airport have been enhanced to accommodate more passengers. An elevated steel walkway with natural cross ventilation will be built, leading from P6 & P7 parking lots, with one connector from P4 & P5 parking lots, and will finally end at the pedestrian canopy in front of the terminal,” a BIAL spokesperson told TOI, adding: “The walkway will have a lift, staircase and moving walkways.”Separate tenders have already been issued by BIAL for installation of weatherproof Vertical and Horizontal Transport (VHT) units for the walkway.

BENGALURU: Passengers at Kempegowda International Airport KIA ) will soon stop huffing and puffing as they lug their baggage between Terminal 1 and the parking lot as covered, elevated walkalators will soon be available for them.Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL), operator of KIA, recently floated a tender for construction of a 400-metre long elevated steel pedestrian walkway. It will stand at a height of 6 metres from the road level and will be equipped with freight elevators, staircases and moving walkways/walkalators to ferry passengers and their luggage trolleys in both directions.“Parking facilities at the Bengaluru airport have been enhanced to accommodate more passengers. An elevated steel walkway with natural cross ventilation will be built, leading from P6 & P7 parking lots, with one connector from P4 & P5 parking lots, and will finally end at the pedestrian canopy in front of the terminal,” a BIAL spokesperson told TOI, adding: “The walkway will have a lift, staircase and moving walkways.”Separate tenders have already been issued by BIAL for installation of weatherproof Vertical and Horizontal Transport (VHT) units for the walkway.

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