Kolkata airport gets ready for Airbus A380

Kolkata: The Kolkata airport will expand its runway and build a taxiway for the Airbus A380, the world's largest commercial aircraft. The work is to be completed by 2009-end, an official said Saturday.
"We plan to extend the 2,400-metre runway at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport by 840 metres. A taxiway with a minimum width of 23 metres will be built to make room for the wide-bodied aircraft. The taxi shoulders will be around 30 metres wide to avoid damaging the wings of the A380," airport director V K Monga told reporters. The Airports Authority of India and the West Bengal government will spend Rs 2 crore and Rs 3 crore respectively for the project, he added.
03/05/08 IANS/Economic Times

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