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An IATA airport code , also known as an IATA location identifier , IATA station code , or simply a location identifier , is a three-letter geocode designating many airports and metropolitan areas around the world, defined by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). The characters prominently displayed on baggage tags attached at airport check-in desks are an example of a way these codes are used.

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78-503: Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport ( IATA : LKO , ICAO : VILK ) is an international airport serving Lucknow , the capital of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh . It is located in Amausi, 14 km (8.7 mi) from the city centre, and was earlier known as ''Amausi Airport''. It is named after Chaudhary Charan Singh , the fifth Prime Minister of India . It is owned and operated by

156-560: A UAE -based technology and defence organisation, entered a cooperation agreement. The collaboration covers missiles, weapons, unmanned systems, air defence products, and electronic warfare technologies with potential R&D and production facilities in India and the UAE. Adani Digital Labs was incorporated in September 2021 as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Adani Enterprises, to build a digital platform for

234-503: A 10-million tonnes per annum Lakhpat cement plant, but later put the plans for that plant on hold. AdaniConneX was launched in 2021 as a 50:50 joint venture with EdgeConneX to develop a network of hyperscale data centers in India, starting with Chennai , Navi Mumbai , Noida , Visakhapatnam and Hyderabad . In 2022, AdaniConneX announced that it was building a hyperscale data center in Kolkata 's Bengal Silicon Valley tech hub. It

312-522: A 20% stake in the online travel company Cleartrip . Adani Enterprises acquired a 49% stake in Maharashtra Border Check Post Network, a subsidiary of the publicly-listed Sadbhav Infrastructure Projects . The Carmichael coal mine project has faced environmental protests across Australia since the mine was proposed in 2010. The pressure from environmental groups forced international banks and financial institutions to not lend to

390-461: A basement area of 20,461 m (220,240 sq ft) and a connecting corridor between Terminals 2 and 3, which will cover an area of 6,646 m (71,540 sq ft). To be built in two phases, the first phase will be able to serve more than 13 million passengers annually. It has been built at a cost of ₹ 1,383 crore (US$ 170 million), which is now estimated at ₹ 2,400 crore (US$ 290 million). The Peak-Hour Handling (PHP) capacity of

468-576: A combined 88% stake in Adani Wilmar. AMG Media Networks was incorporated in April 2022 as a wholly-owned media and publishing subsidiary of Adani Enterprises. In May 2022, AMG Media Networks announced the acquisition of a 49% stake in Quintillion Business Media Ltd, which operates BQ Prime , for an undisclosed amount. Adani Enterprises had previously acquired an unspecified minority stake in

546-465: A connecting corridor between Terminals 2 and 3 will be completed in the next five years. On 25 February 2019, the Adani Group was awarded with the operations and expansion of the existing as well as the new Terminal 3. It is a multi-storeyed terminal building with departures at the first floor and arrivals at the ground floor. The terminal's architecture will endeavour to express the position of Lucknow as

624-671: A definitive agreement to acquire a 50% stake in Bengaluru-based General Aeronautics. The company is involved with DRDO in Long-range Guided Bomb , VSHORAD , UAV launched Precision Guided Munition (ULPGM), NASM-SR and Rudram-1 . In February 2024, Adani Defence & Aerospace inaugurated two ammunition and missile manufacturing facilities in the Uttar Pradesh Defence Corridor at Kanpur. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath inaugurated

702-420: A dynamic object preparing to take flight. Inside, the gently curving ceiling gives the feeling of being under the belly of a giant aircraft. The design of the building does not labour to represent the culture and heritage of the city, instead gets imprinted with the architects' own experiences of nightmares about an aircraft crashing down through the roof, the exhilaration of flight, lightness, the indented front of

780-425: A key city and will display the traditional culture and heritage of Uttar Pradesh . The building is also provided with interior decorations to match the modern structure and enhance passenger experience. Along with the terminal, a multi-storey parking facility is also under construction, which will have a parking of 1,500 vehicles. Also, over 5 km (3.1 mi) of storm water drains have been constructed parallel to

858-550: A new airport is built, replacing the old one, leaving the city's new "major" airport (or the only remaining airport) code to no longer correspond with the city's name. The original airport in Nashville, Tennessee, was built in 1936 as part of the Works Progress Administration and called Berry Field with the designation, BNA. A new facility known as Nashville International Airport was built in 1987 but still uses BNA. This

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936-477: A part of concession agreement between AAI & LIAL, 110 acres has been allotted to LIAL for City Side development. Adani Airport Holdings Limited has been granted rights to undertake development, operation, management and maintenance of City Side of Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport (CCSIA) Airport vide a Master Services Agreement dated 18 May 2021 ("MSA") executed between Lucknow International Airport Limited (LIAL) and Adani Airport Holdings Limited and

1014-499: Is GSN and its IATA code is SPN, and some coincide with IATA codes of non-U.S. airports. Canada's unusual codes—which bear little to no similarity with any conventional abbreviation to the city's name—such as YUL in Montréal , and YYZ in Toronto , originated from the two-letter codes used to identify weather reporting stations in the 1930s. The letters preceding the two-letter code follow

1092-653: Is a cement company based in Gujarat , India . It was incorporated by Adani Group on June 11, 2021. Adani Cement is wholly-owned subsidiary of Adani Enterprises and has not begun its business operations. It was reported in June 2021 that the Adani Group planned to set up a cement plant in Maharashtra which will have an initial capacity of 5-Million tonnes per annum with an approximate investment of ₹900-1,000 crore. The Group has proposed

1170-533: Is a defense manufacturing arm of the company. It manufactures with armed drones such as Drishti 10 Starliner UAV and small arms such as IWI Negev , Tavor TAR-21 , and IWI ACE . As a part of a joint venture between Elbit Systems from Israel and Adani Defence and Aerospace, a manufacturing facility for unmanned aerial vehicle have been set up at Hyderabad , Telangana , inaugurated in 2019. In April 2020, Adani Defence Systems and Technologies acquired Alpha Design Technologies Pvt Ltd., an organization involved in

1248-414: Is a mixed-use development that comprises the following: The total population of project will be 31,108 persons. Adequate provision will be made for the heavy vehicle parking at the project site to allow smooth movement at the site. The proposed parking area will be 4087 ECS. The total project cost of the proposed City Side Development project is 1116.50 crores. The Aero City will be constructed between

1326-459: Is an Indian multinational publicly-listed holding company and a part of Adani Group . It is headquartered in Ahmedabad and primarily involved in mining and trading of coal and iron ore . Through its various subsidiaries, it also has business interests in airport operations , edible oils , road, rail and water infrastructure, data centers , and solar manufacturing, among others. The company

1404-427: Is authorised to obtain required approvals from statutory authorities. Out of the total land area available for City Side Development. M/s Adani Airport Holdings Limited proposes its phase-I development, on plot area of about 15.36 acres, i.e. 62,182.69 sqm and Built-up area of 3,47,423 sq. m, for which Environment Clearance is being sought. Under the provision of EIA notification 2006, amended until date. The project

1482-600: Is available. However, many railway administrations have their own list of codes for their stations, such as the list of Amtrak station codes . Airport codes arose out of the convenience that the practice brought pilots for location identification in the 1930s. Initially, pilots in the United States used the two-letter code from the National Weather Service (NWS) for identifying cities. This system became unmanageable for cities and towns without an NWS identifier, and

1560-518: Is different from the name in English, yet the airport code represents only the English name. Examples include: Due to scarcity of codes, some airports are given codes with letters not found in their names: The use of 'X' as a filler letter is a practice to create three-letter identifiers when more straightforward options were unavailable: Some airports in the United States retained their NWS ( National Weather Service ) codes and simply appended an X at

1638-513: Is in conjunction to rules aimed to avoid confusion that seem to apply in the United States, which state that "the first and second letters or second and third letters of an identifier may not be duplicated with less than 200 nautical miles separation." Thus, Washington, D.C. area's three airports all have radically different codes: IAD for Washington–Dulles , DCA for Washington–Reagan (District of Columbia Airport), and BWI for Baltimore (Baltimore–Washington International, formerly BAL). Since HOU

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1716-612: Is involved in procurement, packaging, logistics and marketing of apples produced by farmers in Himachal Pradesh , as well as and other Indian fruits, under Farm-Pik brand. It also imports fruits from other countries and sells them in the Indian market. Adani Airport Holdings is the airport management and operations subsidiary. It is the majority stakeholder in Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL), which owns

1794-532: Is not followed outside the United States: In addition, since three letter codes starting with Q are widely used in radio communication, cities whose name begins with "Q" also had to find alternate codes, as in the case of: IATA codes should not be confused with the FAA identifiers of U.S. airports. Most FAA identifiers agree with the corresponding IATA codes, but some do not, such as Saipan , whose FAA identifier

1872-648: Is responsible for developing Carmichael coal mine in Central Queensland . Adani New Industries was incorporated in January 2022 as a wholly-owned new energy subsidiary of Adani Enterprises. It undertakes green hydrogen projects such as low-carbon power generation, as well as the manufacture of hydrogen fuel cells , wind turbines , solar modules and batteries. Adani Road Transport undertakes construction, operations and maintenance of roads, highways, expressways and tollways. The company has NHAI projects in

1950-416: Is used for William P. Hobby Airport , the new Houston–Intercontinental became IAH. The code BKK was originally assigned to Bangkok–Don Mueang and was later transferred to Suvarnabhumi Airport , while the former adopted DMK. The code ISK was originally assigned to Gandhinagar Airport (Nashik's old airport) and later on transferred to Ozar Airport (Nashik's current airport). Shanghai–Hongqiao retained

2028-517: The Airports Authority of India (AAI) decided to upgrade and expand the airport in 1996. On 17 July 2008, the Government of India officially renamed the airport to Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport, after Chaudhary Charan Singh , the fifth Prime Minister of India . The second terminal, Terminal 2, was then built in 2012 to handle the increasing domestic traffic. It was inaugurated by

2106-514: The Airports Authority of India (AAI). After the commissioning of Terminal 3, the pressure on Terminal 2 has been significantly relieved. It is also likely that the Terminal 2 will be converted into an administrative building for airport operations. In 2018, Suresh Prabhu , the then Minister of Civil Aviation , announced that a new third passenger terminal building will be constructed with an area of 111,362 m (1,198,690 sq ft), including

2184-561: The Canadian transcontinental railroads were built, each station was assigned its own two-letter Morse code : When the Canadian government established airports, it used the existing railway codes for them as well. If the airport had a weather station, authorities added a "Y" to the front of the code, meaning "Yes" to indicate it had a weather station or some other letter to indicate it did not. When international codes were created in cooperation with

2262-529: The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport and the under-construction Navi Mumbai International Airport .According to media reports as of 2023, Adani Enterprises operates seven airports, acquired during the government's initial privatization initiative. These include Mumbai , Ahmedabad , Lucknow , Thiruvananthapuram , Jaipur , Guwahati , and Mangaluru . Adani Cement or Adani Cement Industries Limited (ACIL)

2340-1131: The National Mission for Clean Ganga Framework . Adani Welspun Exploration is a 65:35 joint venture between Adani Group (through Adani Enterprises) and Welspun Enterprises . It is involved in oil and gas exploration . Incorporated in 1999, Adani Wilmar is a food processing company and a joint venture between Adani Enterprises and Wilmar International . In November 2000, Adani Wilmar launched its flagship brand "Fortune" under which it produces and sells edible oils including sunflower oil , palm oil , soybean oil , mustard oil , rice bran oil , cottonseed oil , groundnut oil and vanaspati . Apart from edible oils, it sells flour, rice, pulses, sugar, soya nuggets and instant food mixes. The company makes personal care products like soaps, handwash and hand sanitizers under "Alife" brand. It makes industrial use products comprising oleochemicals , castor oil and lecithin . The company went public in January 2022 with an initial public offering , after which Adani Enterprises and Wilmar International continued to hold

2418-643: The Red Line , lies in front of Terminal-2. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , passenger traffic declined by 55.1% in the FY 2020-2021 and aircraft movements by 40.4% in the same year. The airport has three operational terminals, of which Terminal 3 was inaugurated and opened by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 10 March 2024. The airport was constructed in 1986 to facilitate service to corporate and government officials. With an increasing number of passengers, demand, traffic and airlines,

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2496-592: The runway end safety area (RESA). Other facilities The airport has many facilities to give passengers and visitors a smooth and hassle-free experience. To connect with travel services and customised packages through the airport's staff, it offers the 'Pranaam Meet and Greet Service' a specialised service that offers customised packages and an array of services to meet travellers' requirements, including professional assistance to corporate clients and support to group travellers, senior citizens and solo travellers. To connect with travel services and customised packages through

2574-661: The Ammunition & Missiles Complex, marking the first phase of the state’s defence corridor. These facilities are designed to produce various calibres of ammunition and missiles for the Indian armed forces and police. The complex spans 500 acres and will produce 150 million rounds of small-calibre ammunition,covering 25% of India’s annual requirement. In June 2024, Adani signed an agreement with Thales Group to locally manufacture 70 mm calibre FZ275 LGR rockets for Indian attack helicopters like HAL Rudra and HAL Prachand . In June 2024, Adani Defence and Aerospace and EDGE Group ,

2652-533: The Lucknow International Airport Limited (LIAL), a public–private consortium led by Adani Group . The airport is the 11th busiest airport in terms of passenger traffic in India . It handled around 6.2 million passengers, with more than 45,500 aircraft movements in the fiscal year 2023–2024, and handled around 5.5 million passengers, with 38,494 aircraft movements in the fiscal year 2019–2020. The CCSIA metro station , southernmost station of

2730-462: The U.S. For example, several airports in Alaska have scheduled commercial service, such as Stebbins and Nanwalek , which use FAA codes instead of ICAO codes. Thus, neither system completely includes all airports with scheduled service. Some airports are identified in colloquial speech by their IATA code. Examples include LAX and JFK . Adani Enterprises Adani Enterprises Limited (AEL)

2808-481: The United States, because "Y" was seldom used in the United States, Canada simply used the weather station codes for its airports, changing the "Y" to a "Z" if it conflicted with an airport code already in use. The result is that most major Canadian airport codes start with "Y" followed by two letters in the city's name (for example, YOW for O tta w a , YWG for W innipe g , YYC for C algar y , or YVR for V ancouve r ), whereas other Canadian airports append

2886-440: The airport itself instead of the city it serves, while another code is reserved which refers to the city itself which can be used to search for flights to any of its airports. For instance: Or using a code for the city in one of the major airports and then assigning another code to another airport: When different cities with the same name each have an airport, they need to be assigned different codes. Examples include: Sometimes,

2964-650: The airport to the rest of the city. [REDACTED] The Lucknow City Transport Services supplies the Air-Conditioned and Non-AC buses from the Airport to the Charbagh Railway Station as well as the rest of the city. The Ola Cabs , Uber , Rapido , inDrive , and Lucknow Taxi are available at the Airport Taxi stand-in entranceway. Passengers can book four-wheeler, three-wheeler, and Two-wheeler taxis from

3042-418: The airport's former name, such as Orlando International Airport 's MCO (for Mc C o y Air Force Base), or Chicago's O'Hare International Airport , which is coded ORD for its original name: Or char d Field. In rare cases, the code comes from the airport's unofficial name, such as Kahului Airport 's OGG (for local aviation pioneer Jimmy H ogg ). In large metropolitan areas, airport codes are often named after

3120-925: The airport's staff, it offers the 'Pranaam Meet and Greet Service', a specialised service that offers customised packages and an array of services to meet travellers' requirements, including professional assistance to corporate clients and support to group travellers, senior citizens and solo travellers. Other facilities include in-line baggage handling systems, conveyor belts, booking counters, immigration and emigration counters, check-in kiosks, CCTVs, washrooms, ATMs, restaurants, lounges, multiple retail stores and souvenir shops, lost and found service, free WiFi, prayer rooms, child care facilities, cargo services, medical and emergency facilities, facilities for physically challenged passengers, duty free, porter service, foreign exchange counters and tourist information desks. The original terminal, built in 1986 to cater government and private officials and flights, has been designed to complement

3198-493: The airport, Delhi , Bangalore , Kolkata , Jaipur , and Amritsar are the only 6 airports in India with ILS CAT IIIB which helps flights land safely, even with visibility as low as 50 metres. As of March 2024, the runway is being revamped to handle more flights and bigger aircraft like the Airbus A350 and Boeing 787 . It will have new ground lights for aircraft operations, introduction of three new link taxiways and extension of

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3276-607: The airport. The airport is also in talks with various multi-national companies to use the airport as a regional distribution hub. A new integrated cargo terminal with a capacity of 30,000 tonnes is planned at the airport by the administration. A concession Agreement for Operation, Maintenance, Management & Development of Airside and Landside area of Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport (CCSIA) has been signed between Airports Authority of India (AAI) and Lucknow International Airport Limited (LIAL) (earlier known as Adani Lucknow International Airport Limited) on 14 February 2020. As

3354-481: The architecture of Lucknow Charbagh railway station . It has two arrival and three departing gates as well as two immigration counters. The terminal was expanded in 1996. It is currently used for only international flights after the opening of Terminal 2 in 2012. It has only basic facilities available to cater to the needs of passengers. It will be demolished in the second phase of the airport expansion project to link Terminals 2 and 3. Terminal 2 had been built to become

3432-553: The city as it wraps around the Gomti River and the ruins of the British Residency after the mutiny of 1857 . Frosted etchings on the glass façade of the building bear the intricate patterns of Chikankari , the famous embroidery work of Lucknow. The terminal was inaugurated by then Minister of Civil Aviation , Ajit Singh , on 19 May 2012, before opening on 2 June 2012. Covering an area of 17,000 m (180,000 sq ft),

3510-535: The city through National Highway 27 (NH-27), which connects Lucknow with Kanpur , of 6,646 m (71,540 sq ft) covering about 1.8 km (1.1 mi). The terminal is be capable of serving over 13 million passengers annually. It is designed to match the local culture and heritage, and has been built on the lines of Frankfurt Airport in Frankfurt , Germany to match its modern, developed and advanced technological amenities and features. The second phase of

3588-491: The code SHA, while the newer Shanghai–Pudong adopted PVG. The opposite was true for Berlin : the airport Berlin–Tegel used the code TXL, while its smaller counterpart Berlin–Schönefeld used SXF; the Berlin Brandenburg Airport has the airport code BER, which is also part of its branding. The airports of Hamburg (HAM) and Hannover (HAJ) are less than 100 nautical miles (190 km) apart and therefore share

3666-554: The company in March 2022. In August 2022, AMG Media Networks announced the acquisition of a 29.18% stake in NDTV through its subsidiary. In December 2022, it acquired an additional 8.27% stake via a tender offer and 27.26% stake from the promoters Radhika Roy and Prannoy Roy , to raise its total shareholding in NDTV to over 64%. Kutch Copper is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Adani Enterprises which

3744-584: The consumers of Adani Group's B2C businesses. In December 2022, the company made the alpha release of the mobile app , named "Adani One", with the integration of the group's airport vertical. Adani Enterprises operates its mines in India, Indonesia and Australia, and supplies coal to Bangladesh, China, and some countries in Southeast Asia. It has a coal mine in Bunyu , North Kalimantan , Indonesia, which produced 3.9 Mt of coal in 2016–17. The Group has made

3822-467: The design, development, and manufacture of defense electronics and avionics. In September 2020, Adani acquired a 51 percent stake in PLR Systems Private Ltd which was incorporated in 2013 and engages in manufacturing and supply of indigenously built defense equipment to the armed forces. In May 2022, Adani Defence Systems and Technologies, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Adani Enterprises, signed

3900-919: The end. Examples include: A lot of minor airfields without scheduled passenger traffic have ICAO codes but not IATA codes, since the four letter codes allow more number of codes, and IATA codes are mainly used for passenger services such as tickets, and ICAO codes by pilots. In the US, such airfields use FAA codes instead of ICAO. There are airports with scheduled service for which there are ICAO codes but not IATA codes, such as Nkhotakota Airport/Tangole Airport in Malawi or Chōfu Airport in Tokyo, Japan. There are also several minor airports in Russia (e.g., Omsukchan Airport ) which lack IATA codes and instead use internal Russian codes for booking. Flights to these airports cannot be booked through

3978-557: The first three letters of the city in which it is located, for instance: The code may also be a combination of the letters in its name, such as: Sometimes the airport code reflects pronunciation, rather than spelling, namely: For many reasons, some airport codes do not fit the normal scheme described above. Some airports, for example, cross several municipalities or regions, and therefore, use codes derived from some of their letters, resulting in: Other airports—particularly those serving cities with multiple airports—have codes derived from

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4056-578: The flight from their respective boarding gates. It has 30 lifts and 5 escalators. In January 2018, the construction of the terminal building was started by Nagarjuna Construction Company (NCC). All design and interiors have been designed based on the Frankfurt Airport in Frankfurt , Germany , by the British architectural firm, Pascall+Watson . The second phase, which includes the extension of part of Terminal 3 after demolition of Terminal 1 and constructing

4134-474: The following format: Most large airports in Canada have codes that begin with the letter "Y", although not all "Y" codes are Canadian (for example, YUM for Yuma, Arizona , and YNT for Yantai , China), and not all Canadian airports start with the letter "Y" (for example, ZBF for Bathurst, New Brunswick ). Many Canadian airports have a code that starts with W, X or Z, but none of these are major airports. When

4212-593: The form of " YYZ ", a song by the rock band Rush , which utilizes the Morse code signal as a musical motif. Some airports have started using their IATA codes as brand names , such as Calgary International Airport (YYC) and Vancouver International Airport (YVR). Numerous New Zealand airports use codes that contain the letter Z, to distinguish them from similar airport names in other countries. Examples include HLZ for Hamilton , ZQN for Queenstown , and WSZ for Westport . Predominantly, airport codes are named after

4290-533: The group's mines in Indonesia and Australia. Adani Solar is the solar PV manufacturing and EPC subsidiary of Adani Enterprises. As of November 2020, it is the largest integrated solar cell and module manufacturer in India. It was founded as a subsidiary in December 2018, with a focus on water infrastructure construction. It is currently involved in wastewater treatment, recycle and reuse projects at Prayagraj under

4368-510: The growing traffic and demands for more international flights and destinations. In 2018, the Government of India approved the new Terminal 3, to be built in two phases at a cost of about ₹ 2,400 crore (US$ 290 million). The terminal's first phase began construction in February 2018, and was expected to be completed by December 2021. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic , which caused shortage of labour and slowdowns in work, it got delayed, and

4446-493: The highest bid of ₹ 171 per passenger. The company will pay the per-passenger fee (PPF) to the AAI for every domestic and international passenger handled at the airport. The airport has one runway oriented 09/27, with a length of 2,744 m (9,003 ft) and a width of 60 m (200 ft). It has an ILS CAT IIIB capability on the eastern threshold, which enables landing in low visibility and abnormal weather conditions. Along with

4524-482: The international air booking systems or have international luggage transferred there, and thus, they are booked instead through the airline or a domestic booking system. Several heliports in Greenland have 3-letter codes used internally which might be IATA codes for airports in faraway countries. There are several airports with scheduled service that have not been assigned ICAO codes that do have IATA codes, especially in

4602-436: The international terminal and serve the growing traffic and demands. However, considering the large domestic travel demand, it was later decided to be used only for domestic flights. Renowned for its design, the terminal's elevation to the sky resembles the folded wings of a paper plane. Large wing-like cantilevers on either side of the 200 m (660 ft)-long roof depict vibrancy and swiftness. The building itself appears as

4680-631: The largest investment by an Indian company in Australia at the controversial Carmichael coal mine in the Galilee Basin , Queensland . Development of this mine is as of 2020 the subject of a court challenge to the Australian Government over its lack of adherence to environmental legislation. In 2020, Adani Australia, the controversial Australian mining arm of Adani Enterprises was rebranded as Bravus Mining & Resources . The new subsidiary

4758-612: The name of the airport itself, for instance: This is also true with some cities with a single airport (even if there is more than one airport in the metropolitan area of said city), such as BDL for Hartford, Connecticut 's B ra dl ey International Airport or Baltimore's BWI, for B altimore/ W ashington I nternational Airport ; however, the latter also serves Washington, D.C. , alongside Dulles International Airport (IAD, for I nternational A irport D ulles) and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA, for D istrict of C olumbia A irport). The code also sometimes comes from

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4836-640: The new Terminal 3 and the CCSIA Metro Station . Estimated date of completion for the project is 2026. [REDACTED] Amausi railway station is one of the suburban railway stations of Lucknow. It lies on the Lucknow - Kanpur Suburban Railway Line and is just 7 km (4.3 mi) from the airport. [REDACTED] CCSIA and Amausi are the metro stations on the Red Line of the Lucknow Metro that connects

4914-432: The new terminal is 4,000 passengers, of which 3,200 is domestic and 800 international. There are a total of 75 check-in counters, of which 60 are for domestic and 15 for international passengers, and 18 check-in kiosks for passengers travelling through the terminal. It is equipped with six aerobridges , which will be increased to eight after the completion of the second phase, through which the passengers can board directly to

4992-416: The one they are located in: Other airport codes are of obscure origin, and each has its own peculiarities: In Asia, codes that do not correspond with their city's names include Niigata 's KIJ , Nanchang 's KHN and Pyongyang 's FNJ . EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg , which serves three countries, has three airport codes: BSL, MLH, EAP. Some cities have a name in their respective language which

5070-546: The project, and resulted in a long delay in securing environmental clearances. In 2018, Adani Group scaled down the mine's capacity and self-financed the project. An indigenous group of the region went to court seeking invalidation of the indigenous land use agreement which was approved by its representatives, but the appeal was dismissed by the Federal Court in 2019. The mine made its first coal shipment in December 2021. On 24 January 2023, Hindenburg Research published

5148-612: The runway on either side to facilitate the outflow of the water into the Bijnor Canal. Terminal 3 was inaugurated and opened by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 10 March 2024. It was opened in March 2022. The facility has increased the cargo handling capacity of the airport by 40 per cent to 7000 tonnes per year. The airport has also increased to over 1000 tones per month by the end of FY 2022–2023. At present, e-commerce , courier, post office mails, general cargo, valuables, mobile phones , and perishables are exported as well as imported at

5226-501: The same first and middle letters, indicating that this rule might be followed only in Germany. Many cities retain historical names in their airport codes, even after having undergone an official name/spelling/transliteration change: Some airport codes are based on previous names associated with a present airport, often with a military heritage. These include: Some airports are named for an administrative division or nearby city, rather than

5304-490: The states of Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Telangana, and West Bengal. In December 2021, it won the contract to build a 464 km stretch of the 594 km-long Ganga Expressway in Uttar Pradesh. Incorporated in 2006, Adani Shipping is a Singapore -based step-down subsidiary which operates a fleet of bulk carriers . In 2011, it began transporting coal from

5382-497: The station code of Malton, Mississauga , where it is located). YUL is used for Montréal–Trudeau (UL was the ID code for the beacon in the city of Kirkland , now the location of Montréal–Trudeau). While these codes make it difficult for the public to associate them with a particular Canadian city, some codes have become popular in usage despite their cryptic nature, particularly at the largest airports. Toronto's code has entered pop culture in

5460-726: The taxi stand. IATA airport code The assignment of these codes is governed by IATA Resolution 763, and it is administered by the IATA's headquarters in Montreal , Canada. The codes are published semi-annually in the IATA Airline Coding Directory. IATA provides codes for airport handling entities, and for certain railway stations. Alphabetical lists of airports sorted by IATA code are available. A list of railway station codes , shared in agreements between airlines and rail lines such as Amtrak , SNCF , and Deutsche Bahn ,

5538-476: The terminal can handle 1,200 passengers per hour and around 4 million passengers per year. The terminal was being used more than its capacity which led the Lucknow International Airport Limited (LIAL), the owner of the airport headed by Adani Group , increasing the passenger handling capacity per hour by 200 passengers. The terminal was refurbished by the Adani Group in 2022 after their takeover in 2020, as per its plan to refurbish terminals of airports taken over from

5616-475: The terminal will be extended eastwards by demolishing the existing Terminal 1 between Terminals 2 and 3. In February 2019, the Adani Enterprises led–Lucknow International Airport Limited (LIAL) won the rights of operations, management and development of the airport under the public-private partnership (PPP) model . As per the agreement, the airports would be handed to the company for a period of 50 years at

5694-410: The then Minister of Civil Aviation , Ajit Singh , and granted international status on 19 May 2012. It covers an area of 17,000 m (180,000 sq ft) with two aerobridges , and is equipped with all basic and modern facilities and amenities. The announcement of a new passenger terminal, Terminal 3, at the airport was made in 2016 by the then Minister of Civil Aviation, Suresh Prabhu , owing to

5772-504: The two-letter code of the radio beacons that were the closest to the actual airport, such as YQX in Gander or YXS in Prince George . Four of the ten provincial capital airports in Canada have ended up with codes beginning with YY, including: Canada's largest airport is YYZ for Toronto Pearson (as YTZ was already allocated to Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport , the airport was given

5850-529: The use of two letters allowed only a few hundred combinations; a three-letter system of airport codes was implemented. This system allowed for 17,576 permutations, assuming all letters can be used in conjunction with each other. Since the U.S. Navy reserved "N" codes, and to prevent confusion with Federal Communications Commission broadcast call signs , which begin with "W" or "K", the airports of certain U.S. cities whose name begins with one of these letters had to adopt "irregular" airport codes: This practice

5928-451: Was expected to be completed by December 2023. It was completed and inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 10 March 2024. It covers an area of 111,367 m (1,198,740 sq ft), has seven aerobridges and three floors, including the first floor for departures, the second floor for arrivals and a large basement of 20,461 m (220,240 sq ft). An elevated four-lane approach road corridor links Terminals 2 and 3 with

6006-895: Was incorporated in 1993 under the name Adani Exports Limited. It mainly deals with the group's integrated resources management, power trading, and natural resources businesses on a standalone basis. Its general purpose is to act as an in-house incubator for Adani Group 's new businesses until they become self-sustainable. Through its various subsidiaries, Adani Enterprises is involved in edible oils and staple foods, airport operations, solar PV manufacturing, road infrastructure, water infrastructure, data centers , agri-output storage and distribution, defence and aerospace, bunkering , shipping, rail and metro infrastructure, oil exploration , petrochemicals , mass media , green hydrogen , cement, copper, aluminium, and online services. Notable subsidiaries and jointly-controlled companies of Adani Enterprises include: Adani Agri Fresh

6084-530: Was incorporated in March 2021 to manufacture copper cathodes , copper rods and other copper products. In 2022, the company was reported to be setting up a greenfield copper refinery complex at Mundra with 1 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) capacity, expected to commence production in 2024. Former subsidiaries Adani Ports & SEZ , Adani Power and Adani Transmission were demerged from Adani Enterprises in 2015. Adani Green Energy and Adani Gas were demerged in 2018. In 2021, Adani Enterprises acquired

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