Thiruvananthapuram: Improving the runway capacity at Trivandrum International Airport, the construction work of Parallel Taxi Track (PTT) has been completed. Airport Authority of India (AAI) will begin the work to get approval from the directorate general of civil aviation (DGCA) for the 1,880-meter long PTT constructed parallel to the runway.
To get the approval, safety assessment needs to be completed for which AAI has to clear any obstruction at 48-meter distance from the PTT. Relocation of a temporary structure near the PTT and road diversion in the international terminal were some of the work to be taken as part of safety assessment. And a report on the same will be submitted to DGCA.
The PTT constructed at Rs 62 crore will reduce the time taken by an aircraft on the runway and also helps save fuel for airlines.
An aircraft occupies the runway for seven to eight minutes to land and to vacate the runway. The aircraft which reaches the end of the runway, while landing has to turn and return to the middle of the runway to enter the path to parking bay.
Airport director George G Tharakan said after commissioning the PTT will help increase the runway capacity (flight movement in an hour) of the airport.
25/02/17 Times of India
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To get the approval, safety assessment needs to be completed for which AAI has to clear any obstruction at 48-meter distance from the PTT. Relocation of a temporary structure near the PTT and road diversion in the international terminal were some of the work to be taken as part of safety assessment. And a report on the same will be submitted to DGCA.
The PTT constructed at Rs 62 crore will reduce the time taken by an aircraft on the runway and also helps save fuel for airlines.
An aircraft occupies the runway for seven to eight minutes to land and to vacate the runway. The aircraft which reaches the end of the runway, while landing has to turn and return to the middle of the runway to enter the path to parking bay.
Airport director George G Tharakan said after commissioning the PTT will help increase the runway capacity (flight movement in an hour) of the airport.
25/02/17 Times of India
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