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Introduction by Mr. V. P. Agrawal 6
Foreword by Ar. Christopher Benninger 8
History of Aviation Industry 14
Private & Metro Airports
Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi New India's Fresh Identity 20
Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai A Star Amongst Airports 28
Bengaluru International Airport, Bengaluru Milestone of Architectural World 36
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Hyderabad Comparable with the Best 40
Cochin International Airport, Cochin Taking Heritage into the Future 48
Chennai International Airport, Chennai That Winning Feeling 54
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata Design for the Future 62
State Capital Airports
Srinagar International Airport, Srinagar To Earthly Paradise on Wings 72
Jolly Grant Airport, Dehradun Be Jolly 78
Jaipur International Airport, Jaipur Telling Tales of a City 84
Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport, Lucknow Of Flight and Man's Fascination 90
Biju Airport, Bhubaneswar Spirituality Takes Flight 96
Birsa Munda Airport, Ranchi Industrial Might on Flight 100 Raja Bhoj Airport, Bhopal A New Life 104
Swami Vivekanand Airport, Raipur Wings of Hope 110
Goa Airport, Goa The Glorious Wave 114
Port Blair Airport, Port Blair When Sea Shells Inspire 120
Regional Airports
Sri Guru Ram Das Ji International Airport, Amritsar Gateway to the Future 128
Udaipur Domestic Airport, Udaipur Contemporary Vocabulary and Vernacular Architecture 136
Dibrugarh Airport, Dibrugarh Jewel of the North-East 142
Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel International Terminal, Ahmedabad Flying Kites 148
Surat Airport, Surat Weaving the Future 154
Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Airport, Indore Breaking New Ground 158
Vadodara Airport, Vadodara Galloping into the Future 164
Chikalthana Airport, Aurangabad Welcome to the 'City of Gates' 170
Trichy Airport, Trichy New Way Forward 176
Mangalore Airport, Mangalore Overcoming AllOdds 180 Coimbatore Airport, Coimbatore Weaving an Urban Fabric 186
Madurai Airport, Madurai Charting New Flights 192
Tirupati Airport, Tirupati Religious and Radiant Edifice 196 Indira Gandhi Airport, Visakhapatnam Creating New Potential 200
Articles S Features
New Generation Airport Designing 208
Air Terminals for Tomorrow: An Indian Perspective 212
Airports Authority of India Spreads Wings with Sustainable Development 216
Designing the Perfect Air Cargo Terminal 222
Airport Retailing on Verge of Take-off 226
Signage: An Important Component of Airport Architecture 230
Renaissance in Design of ATC Towers 234
Art in Indian Airports 238
242 The Challenge that Lies Ahead