New terminal for domestic flights at Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar: Work on construction of a terminal for domestic flights would be started soon in the Biju Patnaik airport here. Chairman of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) VK Agrawal informed this to Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik here today.
Agrawal met the Chief Minister at the Secretariat here today and discussed the upgradation of the Biju Patnaik airport into an international airport and development of the existing airstrips at several places to enable flights to land.
Naveen assured Agrawal all cooperation from the State Government for development of the airport here. Agrawal said that Rs 150 crore would be spent for construction of the new terminal at the airport.
Agrawal said that the AAI had started upgradation of the Jharsuguda airport to felicitate landing of domestic flights as per the demand of the State Government. This will help in making Jharsuguda more accessible and help the industrialisation of the belt further.The Jharsuguda airport has a runway of 6,000 feet which is sufficient for landing of domestic flights.
29/12/09 ExpressBuzz

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Categories: Airports Dec 2009