Transport hub, commercial centre to come up at Chandigarh airport

Chandigarh: The upcoming international airport in its master plan has decided to construct a transport hub and the commercial development centre on the land acquired by the Indian Air Force. In all, the Indian Air Force is to handover 2.5 acres of land for the construction of upcoming international airport.
The transport hub will have the local bus station from where passengers can take AC buses operated by the Chandigarh Administration. There would be a metro station apart from taxi as well as auto service. The passengers getting off the flights would have a couple of transportation options to choose from. This transport hub will also be equipped with retail facilities, a food court and restaurants to facilitate passengers. According to the master plan, an apron will be constructed along with adequate number of taxi tracks connecting the runway to the apron. The AAI will coordinate with the Indian Air Force to construct parallel taxi tracks in order to minimise the runway occupancy time. Based on the demand, runways will be extended.
20/06/10 Jyotsna Jalali/Indian Express

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Categories: Airports Jun 2010