Chennai airport to get more parking stands

Chennai: Chennai airport is soon going to be a favourite place for airlines to park their aircraft at night as Airports Authority of India (AAI) will be constructing more parking stands in the coming months.
This expansion will be a boon to airlines as parking stands at all major airports are full. Improvements to ground infrastructure at airports have not kept pace with fleet expansion announced by airlines. This mismatch is expected to work in favour of Chennai. Besides, parking an aircraft at the airport here is much cheaper than the rates charged by private airports at Mumbai and Delhi, said a senior official of Airports Authority of India (AAI).
The airport currently has 65 bays and eight more would be constructed in the space between the secondary runway and the main runway, said airport director Hareendranathan E P. Four parking bays have already been built. But, they are yet to be commissioned.
03/06/10 V Ayyappan/Times of India

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Categories: Airports Jun 2010