Chennai airport builds suite rooms for international transit passengers
Chennai airport is constructing eight suite rooms for international transit passengers in the new T3 International Terminal, set to open in December 2026. The initiative aims to provide a resting facility for passengers with long transit times, which can extend up to 10-12 hours. Discussions are underway with local hotels to manage the new amenity once completed.
- ▪The Airports Authority of India is building eight suite rooms in the upcoming T3 International Terminal at Chennai airport.
- ▪The T3 Terminal is part of a larger integrated building project that includes T2 and T3 Terminals, covering an area of 2,20,972 square metres.
- ▪The T3 Terminal is expected to open for passengers in December 2026, providing a resting facility for transit passengers.
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To help transit international passengers, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) is building eight suite rooms in the upcoming T3 International Terminal at Chennai airport.The new integrated building (comprising T2 and T3 Terminals), extending to an area of 2,20,972 square metres at ₹2,467 crore, has been under construction. Three years back, after quite a bit of a delay, the T2 Terminal alone was completed and now handles international flight operations. Chennai airport’s T3 terminal to open for passengers only in in December 2026The T3 Terminal, which will be an extension of the T2 Terminal, is getting built now, and within it, AAI plans to have eight suite rooms for the transit passengers by December 2026.
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