Finally the most awaited international airport at hyderabad has been given a green signal and is going to be opened on 23rd march 2008 at Shamshabad, hyderabad. With the airport recieving clearances from consent for establishment, consent for operations/ environment, aerodrome licence the airport is ready for handling huge number of passengers.
There were a lot of problems since last week because many private airlines were not interested in moving to the new airport from the current begumpet airport but finally the officials from Ministry of Civil aviation have announced that the existing airport at Begumpet would be closed completely for civil aviation operations. The first flight from this new airport would be lufthansa’s Frankfurt-hyderabad flight on saturday.
Here are the ways to reach the new Rajiv Gandhi International Airport:
Four Lane Inner Ring Road
Four Lane Srisailam State Highway [East]
Four Lane National Highway NH-7 [West]
Four Lane Road P7 to decongest Srisailam Highway
Proposed Eight Lane Outer Ring Road
Four Lane PV Narsimha Rao Expressway
This means world-class facilities and infrastructure for passengers including -
- Airport shuttle service to and from main points in the city
- Easy transit within terminal buildings
- Check in counters and self check in kiosks
- Shopping and dining outlets
Transport Modes:
There are several modes to enter the airport from both the cities ie Hyderabad and Secunderabad via Begumpet, Hitec City, Jubilee Hills, Nampally, TV Tover, RTC X Roads & Charminar
Airport Map Route:
Here is the Complete Roadway map which indicates the complete routes to this new airport at hyderabad easily.
March 22nd, 2008 at 11:46 am
what is the taxi fare from airport to chandanagar
March 23rd, 2008 at 11:27 am
Looks beautiful.
March 24th, 2008 at 3:56 am
I am glad it is ready and open, from the screenshot it looks very nice.
March 24th, 2008 at 6:55 am
It Would be good if there is bus servixce avaialble from Hitech City.both Begum pet and Mehdipatnam is quiet far from Hitech city…
March 24th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
Dude, that’s awesome looking airport. One of the best airports in India I believe. And I think it was needed for software city like Hyderabad. It’s would be really a boon for IT industry in Hyd, isn’t it!
March 24th, 2008 at 5:19 pm
When will tehre be an airport in Jamshedpur :((((
March 24th, 2008 at 5:19 pm
@ Traveller. YES international airport means a bOOM. …same for Bangalore
March 25th, 2008 at 10:22 am
Taxi service telephone numbers to be displayed.
Bus service should be extended upto Kukatpally.
March 28th, 2008 at 5:54 am
I read in the newspaper that Salman Khan was also invited to the opening there with few more big personalities …
March 28th, 2008 at 11:40 am
Is the Bangalore one more beautiful? I went to Devanhalli airport, they didnt let me enter. Only those who got security passes could enter haha.
March 30th, 2008 at 8:17 am
the new airport is very long jurny in hyd city plz don’n close in old airport
March 31st, 2008 at 11:31 am
Is any transport facility from HITECH or MADHAPUR to shamshabad AIRPORT.??
April 2nd, 2008 at 6:33 am
Can you provide Airport Shuttle Service contact Number and …how to book bus from pick point
April 3rd, 2008 at 10:43 am
I am proud to say that Hyderabad is having such a beautiful airport its a feather on our cap .Wonderful G M R
April 3rd, 2008 at 6:42 pm
I was told that GMR is not allowing outside vehicles into airoport..If they allow they are charging 250 Rs itseems. Is it correct?.Can we take private taxi into airport or take our own vehicle into airport?
April 5th, 2008 at 6:46 am
I am coming by Emirates on 2nd May early hours i.e. arrival is at 2.50 am. At what time does the shuttle start from the airport and reach keys High School. Can I get down in Tarnaka. Can u please give me the details of the timings.
April 5th, 2008 at 3:32 pm
Srikanth:
For every 30 min you have shuttle both the directions ie.,from air port or from Keys high school. So you need not worry. if you miss one you can next in 30 minutes. The shuttle will not stop in between once it starts from Airport, it is non stop shuttle to key’s high school. They will charge you Rs 95 per head. So be ready with Rs 95.
April 7th, 2008 at 12:08 pm
Hi
ARE THERE ANY ‘REQUEST’ STOPS MIDWAY FOR GMR’S AEROEXPRESS?
(Both for getting into & getting down the shuttle)
I could gather from various sites about the different routes in which GMR’s Aeroexpress Shuttle is in service and I noticed that one of the routes (Air port - Keys high school) is going through LBNagar-Nagole-Uppal-Tarnaka.
I would like to know if these shuttles any stops (on request at least) in these areas.
This information is important for me because I stay in Nagole (I think midway) and in order to catch a flight in the early morning, I am NOT sure which is the best option for me:
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#1) Go to Sec’bad (Keys High School) and catch this GMR schettle
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#2) Go by Taxi directly to Airport (To be frank — Least prefered in terms of Cost
Can anyone please provide this information on or before 9th April 08.
Thanking you in advance
Regards
April 7th, 2008 at 12:36 pm
Continuing the above query
…. I forgot to specify the 3rd option ..;)
#3) STAND in the route of the one of the GMR Schettules and WAIT for the bus and BOARD the bus (if it stops - ofcourse!)
Thanks
April 7th, 2008 at 1:30 pm
Now thats a excellent guide Ravi, BTW i used to live at nagole till last week and i visited the airport by my own car and had good amount of troubles during the departure.
Amit Bhawani
April 7th, 2008 at 1:43 pm
Thanks Amit for the reply
I just checked in some other site which clearly mentioned….
“The shuttle bus service provides point to point connectivity with NO STOPS”
Anyway I got a number to call for details +91-40-66764000 (Hope this works tomorrow
)
I tried but could not reach anybody may be due to holiday
But please let me know if you have any more details on this shettule and MOST IMPORTANTLY if it stops anywhere near Nagole.
Thanks
Ravi
April 7th, 2008 at 1:55 pm
I called the hyderabad airport officials and they confirmed that the shuttle bus would not stop at any location between the main points since these are point to point buses and hence you need to go to keyes high school secundrabad in order to go to shamshabad or else try out with a local Auto since that would be cheaper in terms of cost and time savings.
We can also expect APSRTC to start A/c Metro buses soon for shamshabad and if you read the newspaper recently there was a update that CM is planning to start the begumpet airport again for interstate flights and keep rajiv gandhi airport for international flights though the plans are not yet finalised and confirmed.
Do let me know if you have any other queries.
April 7th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
Thanks a lot Amit!!
This information will help me a lot to plan travel in the coming days
Regards,
Ravi
April 7th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
Amit:
I understand that there is 24 hrs bus service by GMR from Airport to Keys high school and vice versa. Is that Correct?. Is there any bus schedule?. How much time it will take shuttle to reach airport frokm Key’s High school?.
April 7th, 2008 at 2:27 pm
Dedicated Airport Shuttle Coaches
Fare: Rs. 95 ( inclusive of tax ) per trip
Four designated locations in the city
City Locations Shuttle Point Location
Secundrabad Adjacent to Keyes High School
Greenlands Ground floor, Paryatak Bhavan
Charminar Adjacent to Quli Qutub Shah Stadium, opposite City College
Mehdipatnam Adjacent to entrance of Sarojini Devi Hospital
Note : The above mentioned locations are respectively the Start and End points of coaches. Coaches will end and start at the Airport / City Locations without any en-route stops.
No idea about the timings but as far as i know its on hourly basis and i guess it takes around 2 hours for one way route based on the total distance of 40kms one way from Keyes high school to the Airport.
Kottapet to Shamshabad is 35 kms with 29kms to the main entrance and 6 kms inside track which is really a long route and once you are inside the airport there are some red buses available for your services to move in and out the airport and also 2 wheelers are not allowed to enter into the main inner airport entrance, make sure you know about this.
April 7th, 2008 at 3:04 pm
Thanks for the immediate reply Amit.
April 7th, 2008 at 4:55 pm
Hi,
Greetings from Finland.
I am heading to Hyderabad for the first time in my life and I have booked a flight to Shamshabad airport.
Unfortunately, I have a quite late arrival to the new airport and I am bit suspicious how to get to my hotel on the Tank Bund Road at that time. (Arrival at 23.15 local time on the 19th of April.)
Do you have any idea how much a taxi drive will cost? And is it easy to catch one at that time, because I am not so keen to take a bus to the centre of a city, where I haven’t visited before.
Thank you for your comments and answers in advance.
Yours &c.,
Jussi-Pekka Hakkarainen
Helsinki, Finland
April 7th, 2008 at 5:07 pm
Jussi-Pekka Hakkarainen 23:15 is a very odd time and i guess the time you check out from the airport it would be the next day early morning and the best option at that time would be a taxi service which costs 15Rs/Km [40Rs=1$] and hopefully the bus services would also be available at that time and dont worry about them, they are volvo buses which are excellent and they are again point to point.
April 8th, 2008 at 5:46 am
dear sir
i want job in air port
April 14th, 2008 at 4:46 am
The Map is not correct. NH 7 is not shown nor the connectivity to the Srisailam highway.
April 14th, 2008 at 8:58 am
Any Bus Facility Available from S R Nagar to Airport
April 15th, 2008 at 6:05 am
sir plz dont close the begumpet airport
April 15th, 2008 at 6:06 am
it is a beautiful airport
April 15th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
hi, i want travel by air to delhi from secunderabd on 25th apr may i know the GMR shuttle coaches timings pls from morning i came to know that one baording point is at adj to keys high school secunderabd
April 15th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
what are the means of transport and their details for route mehndipatnam to shamshabad airpo
April 16th, 2008 at 4:59 am
Travelling from Hyderabad to Chennai on 18 April 2008 at 9.10 am. Could you kindly tell me at what time and from where I can board the airport shuttle. I stay at Malakpet. Thanks. KVS
April 16th, 2008 at 5:11 am
Could someone enlighten me please ?
April 16th, 2008 at 7:17 am
Kaushalya you need to check out all the route maps to airport : http://www.amitbhawani.com/blog/complete-route-maps-to-shamshabad-international-airport/
You need to contact the aero bus services at the mentioned phone number and get more information.
April 16th, 2008 at 8:03 am
AmitBhawani,
Thanks for the quick response.
KVS
April 16th, 2008 at 8:58 am
hi vat happnd? i didnt get any reply till now plz help me i hav to travel vth a kid
April 16th, 2008 at 9:28 am
hi i want to board flight on 25/4/08 to new delhi from shamshabad. can i get shuttle service fro keys high school in the morning at 7? after reachering the airport do the crew members help me in boarding/guide me? plz give u r suggessions
April 16th, 2008 at 11:51 am
Rekharaj you need contact these bus services at 1800 102 2008 free phone number get the real answer. This is the phone number of GMR Airport authority.
April 16th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
Hai,
I visited the Airport, I saw the front view of Airport, What is the procedure to see the Aeroplane in short distance, is there any Ticket.
April 16th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
Early once I will visit Bangalore by Train or RTC Bus, this year I wish to travell by Air, please mail about the Charges of Aeroplane.
April 16th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
hi amit
thank you ssssssssssooooooooo much for u r help/ giving me the information abot the buses
thank u once again
bye
April 17th, 2008 at 9:13 am
Hey I also found this toll free number where u can call up for more info - 1800-102-2008. I hope this helps.
April 19th, 2008 at 12:22 pm
Can U suggest APSRTC deaparture times from Secunderabad and Charminar?
April 27th, 2008 at 10:36 pm
iam looking job in air port in hyderabad as a air ticketing staff