Civil Aviation team visits BIA

Bangalore: A team of Civil Aviation Ministry officials along with senior officers of the Airport Authority of India (AAI) visited the Bengaluru International Airport( BIA) on Tuesday to inspect the facilities.
The team comprised Ashok Chawla and K N Srivatsava, Secretary and Joint Secretary of Civil Aviation, along with AAI Chairman R Ramalingam.
Later they held a meeting with the State government represented by Chief Secretary Sudhakar Rao to discuss the submissions to be made before the High Court hearing on August 22, with regard to the petition filed on reopening of the HAL airport.
However, no crucial decision was taken and the meeting remained inconclusive.
"A meeting was held between the Government and the stakeholders to discuss the submissions to be made before the court and no concrete decision was taken," said Joint Secretary of Civil Aviation K N Srivatsava.
The team is expected to formulate a report on its findings at the airport in a couple of days before it makes a presentation before the court.
In June, a team of AAI officials had visited the airport to conduct a study on the air traffic movement and on the passenger capacity at the BIA.
20/08/08 Newindpress

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Categories: Airports Aug 2008