Air connectivity to Bikaner in a year: Minister

Bikaner: Union civil aviation minister Praful Patel said air connectivity to Bikaner would start in a year's time. The airport authority is not
expecting any profit from operations from a place like Bikaner due to low traffic. However, the operations will be a part of social commitment of the Centre. The civil aviation ministry is committed to bring air connectivity to more and more areas of the country, he added.
Patel inaugurated the Nal Airport here on Sunday. Patel said construction at phase II of Jaipur airport would start soon. Air connectivity would boost economic activities of the area. The ministry hopes to operate 100 new airports in the next five years, he said. The proposed airport would have a 106 mt X 76 metres apron for simultaneous use of two 50 seat aircraft.
17/08/09 Times of India

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