Chennai: Chennai's over 70-year-old Meenambakkam airport will soon be demolished. A British legacy going back to the 1930s, the Airports Authority of India (AAI), which has not been able to maintain it, will construct an additional freight bay to accommodate more cargo from the city.
Currently, the building is used for housing CISF personnel and a few cargo aviation offices. The passenger terminals were moved out of the old airport in 1985 after then chief minister M. G. Ramachandran decided to build new buildings after the bomb blast at Meenambakkam International Airport in August 1984.
The Air Traffic Control office and the offices of the International Airports Authority of India and regional executive director were also moved out in 2002. “There is a shortage of parking space for freighter aircraft. So, we are planning to raze the dilapidated old terminal and a few other buildings to construct a freighter bay,” said AAI chairman V. P. Agrawal.
25/06/13 Asian Age
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Currently, the building is used for housing CISF personnel and a few cargo aviation offices. The passenger terminals were moved out of the old airport in 1985 after then chief minister M. G. Ramachandran decided to build new buildings after the bomb blast at Meenambakkam International Airport in August 1984.
The Air Traffic Control office and the offices of the International Airports Authority of India and regional executive director were also moved out in 2002. “There is a shortage of parking space for freighter aircraft. So, we are planning to raze the dilapidated old terminal and a few other buildings to construct a freighter bay,” said AAI chairman V. P. Agrawal.
25/06/13 Asian Age
