Mysore airport sits on tarmac, awaits flights

Bangalore: The air of uncertainty over Mysore airport has only got foggier. Even as the government is pushing for its Dasara inauguration, no airline has any flight plan leading to Mysore.
Now, the airport has hit another air pocket. The civil aviation ministry has conveyed to the state government that it will send a DGCA team for inspection but first wants the flight operation plans.
But the airlines are not too keen. A senior Spice Jet official said he didn’t know whether the Mysore airport runway could accommodate a Boeing 737 or Airbus 320 aircraft, which seats over 150 passengers. “Even if the runway can handle such aircraft, Mysore is not on our radar as of now.”
A Jet Airways spokesperson said, “In the face of the airline’s current crisis, Mysore is an absolute non-issue.”
“We’ve no communication on what is happening with the airport,” said a Kingfisher official. The only positive news came from Paramount Airways. “Mysore is under evaluation,” said M Thiagarajan, MD of Paramount.
11/09/09 Anshul Dhamija/Times of India

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