Industry Addendum
ADB SAFEGATE wins Indian airport lighting contract
October 1st 2018
The second runway at India’s Bengaluru airport, due to open in October next year, will be equipped with ADB SAFEGATE SafeLED airfield ground lighting (AGL). Read More » It is the first contract the Belgium headquartered company has signed with an Indian airport operator.
Kamepedowda International Airport’s second runway will accommodate 55 flight movements and hour, said Bangalore International Airport Ltd chief project officer, Tom Shimmin, last month.
“We believe ADB SAFEGATE’s LED airfield lights will bring us the advantages of performance, cost, energy gains, ease of operations and maintenance and overall safety and efficiency,” he said.
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ADB SAFEGATE is responsible for the design and supply of AGL and Advanced Visual Docking Guidance Systems. The second runway’s construction is planned to be completed in four stages in 30 months. “From a little more than nine million passengers when it opened in 2008 to a forecast 32 million plus passengers for the 2018 year, Bengaluru [airport] has come a long way,” said ADB SAFEGATE CEO. Christian Onselaere, said.
The new runway will have an advanced CATT-111 (B) instrument landing system that can cater for all aircraft types including the A380 and B747-8. The public/private partnership airport is reported to be the second fastest growing airport in the world and the third busiest airport in India.
