Land handed over for Puducherry airport expansion

Chennai: The Puducherry State Government on Wednesday formally handed over 19.75 ha of land to the Airports Authority of India to take up expansion work.
K. Ramalingam, Regional Executive Director, Airports Authority of India (AAI), said with the local Government handing over the land, the AAI would soon begin the expansion work as per a memorandum of understanding signed between the AAI and the Puducherry Government.
The expansion work would be taken up at a cost of Rs 15 crore. The AAI would extend the runway by 260 metres. The existing runway measured 1,222 metres.
Dr. Ramalingam said the expansion would help in operating ATR-type aircraft that would carry less than 100 passengers.
An AAI source said this was only the first phase of the expansion. In the next phase, the Government planned to acquire more area.
27/07/07 P. Oppili/The Hindu

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Categories: Airports Jul 2007