Two-and-a-half years after the completion of a new $17 million terminal building, the airport in Jaisalmer, a small and remote desert city in India's western Rajasthan state, stands empty. Not a single passenger has passed through the gates of an airport big enough to handle more than 300,000 travellers a year, with parking bays for three 180-seater narrow-body jets. India has spent more than $50 million since 2009 on eight airports that do not receive scheduled flights.
The airport's solar panels produce no energy. Jaisalmer Airport in the desert state of Rajasthan, India. August 13, 2015.
The seats in the airport's lounge do nothing but collect dust. Jaisalmer Airport in the desert state of Rajasthan, India. August 13, 2015.
Basins are pictured in a washroom inside the Jaisalmer Airport in desert state of Rajasthan, India. August 13, 2015.
A security guard walks outside the arrival lounges at the Jaisalmer Airport in desert state of Rajasthan, India. August 13, 2015.
An empty baggage carousel is pictured inside the Jaisalmer Airport in desert state of Rajasthan, India. August 13, 2015.
A dog walks past the main entrance of the Jaisalmer Airport in the desert state of Rajasthan, India. August 13, 2015.
There are signs, but no passangers to direct inside the Jaisalmer Airport in the desert state of Rajasthan, India. August 13, 2015.
Stairs leading to the passengers waiting area pictured in Jaiselmer Airport in the desert state of Rajasthan, India. August 13, 2015.
The exterior view of arrival lounges at the Jaisalmer Airport in the desert state of Rajasthan, India. August 13, 2015.
Satellite dishes are seen fixed on the boundary wall of the Jaisalmer Airport in the desert state of Rajasthan, India. August 13, 2015.
Construction rubble on the outskirts of the Jaisalmer Airport in the desert state of Rajasthan, India. August 13, 2015.
A milestone is seen outside the Jaisalmer Airport in the desert state of Rajasthan, India. August 13, 2015.
