Night parking facility at Vadodara airport by Dec

Vadodara: Come December, Vadodara Airport at Harni will be equipped with night parking facility for aircraft. The Airport Authority of India (AAI) which is facing severe congestion at bigger airports like Mumbai and Delhi through a policy decision had decided to expand small airports in the country to ease out the problem. It was this decision that paved way for expansion of Harni airport.
AAI also expects to rake in the mullah by providing parking slots at the airport to private airlines during off-peak hours (between 12 midnight and 6 am) by setting up such a facility. AAI officials say that 70 per cent of the project has been completed.
"The setting up of six parking bays for aircraft begun in August 2007 and we feel that the project will be completed in December," Vadodara airport director RS Sardar told TOI on Saturday.
The night parking facility which will cost around Rs 14.5 crore is coming up 950 metres away from the main terminal building near the old runaway, which is no longer in use.
"The new apron for parking the aircraft is coming up in an area spread across 290 by 120 metres area which will have six parking bays in the initial phase. The parking bays are being constructed to accommodate Boeing 737, 900 series — the biggest aircraft that the airport caters to," said another official.
27/07/08 Prashant Rupera/Times of India

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Categories: Airports Jul 2008