AAI floats tenders for Kolkata airport revamp

New Delhi: In a good news for the "city of joy", the Airports Authority of India (AAI) has issued global tenders for inviting designs for the new domestic airport at Kolkata.
Last year, it had got the plan for international terminal prepared by the renowned Aeroport de Paris which runs airports like Orly, Roissy-Charle de Gaule and Le Bourget in France.
"The Centre has almost decided on allowing AAI to modernise Kolkata Airport. The plan for international terminal was ready and now we will soon have the blueprint of domestic airport also.
As soon as final clearances come, the work can begin," said a senior official. Interestingly, the AAI has also issued global design tender for Chennai airport while no final decision has been taken on how it would be modernised by the authority or a private consortia like the ones in Delhi and Mumbai.
10/03/07 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India

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Categories: Airports Mar 2007