Aviation India
11 September 2026
A team of senior Airports Authority of India (AAI) officials led by Chairman Vipin Kumar has inspected the ongoing Phase 2 expansion works at Chennai Airport and directed project authorities to accelerate construction, with the aim of completing the work by March 2027. The ₹1,207-crore expansion has faced repeated delays, with around 45% of the construction work completed so far.
The Phase 2 project was originally targeted for completion by the end of 2025 and operationalisation by March 2026.
The AAI team has directed officials to avoid further slippage and indicated that efforts are being made to bring the new integrated terminal into operation in early 2027...
