With the 2010 Air India Express crash at Mangaluru International Airport (MIA) still strong in memory, the Airports Authority of India’s (AAI) approval for construction of Phase 2 of the parallel taxiway (1,200 m) and grading of basic strip is expected to enhance safety by providing additional buffer strip, besides increasing overall flight-handling capacity.
Upon commissioning of the parallel taxiway on the south side, the airport’s flight handling capacity will be doubled from eight per hour to 16.
The buffer strip, which can reduce damage to aircraft during overshoot or undershoot or excursion of aircraft from the runway, will be expanded from the present 75 m to 150 m.
The parallel taxiway will be constructed at a cost of ₹98 crore in 30 months by PBI Construction Company. Taxiway is the stretch or the track connecting the runway with the apron (parking stand for aircraft).
19/02/17 Anil Kumar Sastry/The Hindu
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Upon commissioning of the parallel taxiway on the south side, the airport’s flight handling capacity will be doubled from eight per hour to 16.
The buffer strip, which can reduce damage to aircraft during overshoot or undershoot or excursion of aircraft from the runway, will be expanded from the present 75 m to 150 m.
The parallel taxiway will be constructed at a cost of ₹98 crore in 30 months by PBI Construction Company. Taxiway is the stretch or the track connecting the runway with the apron (parking stand for aircraft).
19/02/17 Anil Kumar Sastry/The Hindu
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