Central team conducts feasibility survey for Rajkot airport expansion

Rajkot: A team of the Civil Aviation Department, Government of India, conducted a feasibility survey of three selected places for the proposed expansion of the Rajkot airport on Friday. The international standard airport is likely to be built on a Public-Private Partnership basis.
Rajkot District Collector H S Patel said, “A team led by the civil aviation director checked the feasibility of the project.” The three sties are Parapipaliya, Nakarwadi and a location near National Highway 8 B.
The expansion plan has been proposed in view of the future development of the city, as the existing airport on the Jamnagar Road can handle only one Airbus at a time.
Expansion of the same site has also been into consideration. For this purpose, the Civil Aviation Department will have to acquire land from the Indian Railways, which has its staff quarters there. The Indian Railways has shown willingness to transfer 21 acres of land provided it gets land for quarters at some other place. At present, three flights — two by Jet Airways and one by Indian — operate from Rajkot. They are between Rajkot and Mumbai.
08/11/08 Expressindia

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