Mumbai: Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA) was on Monday conferred the 2008 Frost and Sullivan Asia-Pacific Aerospace and Defense Awards' Aeronautical Excellence Airport of the Year award for its exemplary efforts in developing the aeronautical segment of the airport from amongst a host of other airports in the APAC region.
Received in Singapore at a well-attended ceremony by the creme of the aviation industry, the award consolidates the status of CSIA as the leading airport in India along with its competitive ranking in the Asia-Pacific region
Speaking on the occasion, Mumbai International Airport Pvt Ltd (MIAL) Managing Director GV Sanjay Reddy said, It is very gratifying to note that MIAL's efforts in modernising CSIA in the airport aeronautical segment have been widely recognised by the industry at large, given the extremely challenging operating environment that we work in.
CSIA is India's busiest airport and one of the busiest in the APAC region and is currently being upgraded to cater to 40 million passengers by 2012. At the end of 2007,MIAL recorded a total of 25.2 million passengers and 520,000 tonnes of cargo.
