Tuticorin airport gets more facilities

Tuticorin: Tuticorin airport is being modenrised to augment operational and non-operational infrastructure and facilitate handling of more aircrafts.
Speaking to The Hindu, T. K. G. Nair, Manager and Officer in-charge, Tuticorin airport, said that a Rs. 28-lakh X-ray baggage inspection equipment would be commissioned soon. This German-made computerised gadget would help detect explosives.
A salient feature of the equipment would be that images could be stored in e-files for future reference. Besides, an Explosive Trace Detector was installed at a cost of Rs. 42 lakh. An X-ray baggage inspection equipment for ‘hand baggage’ was also commissioned recently at a cost of Rs. 22 lakh.
Airports Authority of India sources said that to expand the runway, 664 acres were to be acquired. The length of the runway would be extended from 1,300 metres to 3,000 metres to facilitate handling of wide-bodied aircraft. Now, only smaller-sized ATR-72 model aircraft could be handled here.
23/08/08 R. Vimal Kumar/The Hindu

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Categories: Airports Aug 2008