India to get mobile airports soon

Shillong: Mobile airports will soon take a place in the country's aviation sector, with the Czech Republic planning to introduce its latest innovation in the Northeastern part of the country.
The Czech Republic, located in Central Europe, claims to have expertise in the field and plans to introduce such airports that can be transported in trucks and set up anywhere in 20 minutes in the Northeastern states like Mizoram and Meghalaya.
"The Republic provides integrated airport control and monitoring system and mobile airports that can be carried in trucks and set up within 20 minutes..." the Czech Republic Ambassador Hynek Kmonicek said on Friday.
These portable airports, it is learnt, can take aircraft loads of 26-40 tonnes. Czech aviation companies are providing their services in as many as 27 countries.
The Ambassador, Commercial Counselor Vladimir Jenista, and Third Secretary (Commercial) Jitka Znamenackova, are on a visit to the region. They held a meeting with the Chief Minister, other officials from the power and mining department, Neepco and the Airports Authority of India.
19/04/08 PTI/Economic Times

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