Surina Sayal
OOH

Laqshya Media launches unique ad displays at Hyderabad airport

The OOH media company unveiled a huge backlit structure, a gigantic, triple-sided, double-decker unipole, at the swanky new airport

OOH major Laqshya Media launched its landmark advertising display system by unveiling a huge backlit structure, a triple-sided, double-decker unipole, at the swanky new Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) in Hyderabad on January 20.

In design and scale, RGIA is in line with the major airports of the world. Currently, the airport is built for a capacity of 12 million passengers, with a full saturation capacity of 40 million passengers per annum. The airport has a very high dwell time of one hour for domestic and one hour, forty-five minutes for international passengers.

The advertising adds to the airport’s look and feel. Right from the entrance gate, access roads, car park, curbs and check-in points to the boarding points, a vast array of state of the art advertising display units – interior signages, unipoles, flag poles, light boxes, LED poles and multimedia walls – have been designed and installed.

Laqshya Media launches unique ad displays at Hyderabad airport
The landmark triple-sided, double-decker unipole has been placed strategically at the airport near the Passenger Terminal Building. Interestingly, due to the uniqueness of the media, which carries three faces of backlit display, it enjoys visibility from various locations like the runway, the terminal building and also the approach road.

The unipole has six faces – three faces of size 60ft x 20ft and three faces of size 60ft x 10ft. Yuvraj Agarwal, executive vice-president and chief operating officer, Laqshya Airport Media, tells afaqs!, “The format is unique because the upper deck can be used for the creative and the lower deck can be used for the logo or the key brand message.”

The height of the unit is around 75 feet and one can see it while landing or taking off from the airport. It is also visible from the main approach road, the car park, the departure and arrival ramps, the terminal building, the drop-off and pick-up points, etc. The total display area is 5,400 sq. ft and the ad costs for the unit is Rs 27 lakh per month. Only two such units have been developed at the airport and Laqshya is offering attractive inaugural packages to clients.

This is the first time a backlit large format with display space of 5,400 sq. ft has been built at any airport in the country. Other media formats such as V-shaped unipoles, portrait unipoles and car park flag poles are also strategically placed on the main access road leading to the airport.

Laqshya Media launches unique ad displays at Hyderabad airport
Laqshya Media launches unique ad displays at Hyderabad airport
In an official communiqué, Alok Jalan, group managing director and chief executive officer, Laqshya Media, says, “We would like to thank GM Rao, chairman, GMR Group, Kiran Kumar, director of GMR, and the entire team at GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd (GHIAL), who have cooperated so much in our effort. This landmark would not have been possible without their support. I thank them on behalf of Laqshya Media and hope that we will continue to build upon this relationship in the times to come.”

The Laqshya project falls under Laqshya Hyderabad Airport Media Pvt. Ltd (LHAMPL), which is a 100 per cent subsidiary of Laqshya Media. It commenced operations in 2007 for the Hyderabad airport advertising concession, which it won in August 2007. The seven year contract covers all media opportunities at the passenger terminal building and the main access road.

The decision to set up a separate entity called LHAMPL stemmed from the fact that the airport advertising business, by its very nature, differs from other OOH segments. The exclusive nature of the contract and the long tenure were other reasons.

The temple leaf design of the airport has been incorporated in all the media formats, which enhance the user experience and the ambience. Laqshya’s other media properties at the airport include wall mounted units, binnacle units, free standing units, customised product display services, flagpole and portrait unipoles, gantries, baggage trolleys and an aerobridge, all of which have been creatively designed to add to the airport’s look and feel.

Laqshya Media launches unique ad displays at Hyderabad airport
Agarwal adds, “We will continue our search for excellence and add more technological innovations to our airport media kit. RGIA is the first airport in the world to be completely Blu-Fi ready. We can deliver interactive campaigns for clients using advanced Bluetooth technology. We also plan to introduce 3D holographic technologies, interactive projections and many other cutting edge technologies in the near future.”

He shares that the Hyderabad airport concession is a flagship concession for Laqshya and it will definitely contribute positively to its top and bottom line. “The RGIA concession is one of the topmost in the country in terms of revenue expectations,” Agarwal says.

Besides the RGIA, Laqshya Media also has the exclusive advertising rights for the Bundernaike International Airport in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The company also acquired the rights for the Coimbatore International Airport recently.

Discussing the way ahead, Agarwal says, “Laqshya will continue to look for and expand, using key opportunities in the airport advertising space. The next 18 months will be crucial in chalking out the future growth trajectory. Airport advertising will move in a versatile direction with focus on revenue, campaigns closely targeting customers and advancements in technologies.”

For the record, Laqshya was one of the first OOH players in India to attract private equity funding, when UTI Ventures invested about Rs 45 crore in it in 2006.

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