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Rajiv Gandhi International Airport , also known as Hyderabad International Airport, or simply RGIA, is an international airport serving the metropolis of Hyderabad located at Shamshabad, about south of Hyderabad. It was named after Rajiv Gandhi, the former Prime Minister of India, by the former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy. It replaced the former international airport at Begumpet and commercial flight operations began on 23 March 2008. Rajiv Gandhi International Airport is India's second public-private partnership airport venture after Cochin International Airport. Its domestic terminal is named after former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh N. T. Rama Rao. It is the sixth-busiest airport in India by international and overall passenger traffic.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=AAI traffic figures 2009–2011 )〕 Rajiv Gandhi Airport was the highest-ranked Indian airport by Skytrax in 2013.〔http://www.worldairportawards.com/Awards_2013/top100.htm〕 It serves as a hub for spicejet, Lufthansa Cargo, TruJet, and Blue Dart Aviation and as a focus city for Air India and Jet Airways. ==Development== Design and construction began in September 2005, and the airport was opened in March 2008.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rajiv Gandhi International Airport | Arup | A global firm of consulting engineers, designers, planners and project managers )〕 The project is a public-private joint venture between GMR Group, Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (MAHB), the Government of Telangana and Airports Authority of India (AAI). GMR Group holds 63% of the equity, MAHB 11%, while the Government of Telangana and AAI each hold 13%.〔(about GHIAL )〕 It was developed in three phases, and upon completion provides infrastructure for 40 million passengers annually. After the first phase of development, it could accommodate 10 million passengers a year. The cost of the project was 24.7 billion (US$560 million). The airport was built on an area of , making it the largest airport in India in terms of area. It was designed by the UK engineering design firm Arup, which designed Dubai Terminal 3 and Beijing Terminal 3.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rajiv Gandhi International Airport | Arup | A global firm of consulting engineers, designers, planners and project managers )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rajiv Gandhi International Airport」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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