Aerobridges at Lohegaon airport await DGCA nod

Pune: Two imported electro-mechanically driven passenger boarding bridges, commonly referred to as aerobridges, are operationally ready at the Lohegaon airport. However, they cannot go functional as the safety experts of the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) are yet to give their clearance.
"The safety team's confirmation for the date of inspection is awaited. The equipment has been installed and trials have been conducted too," Lohegaon airport's officiating director D Prasad told TOI on Friday.
It was almost 18 months ago when the then director of AAI Pune, G Chandramouli, had declared that the airport would have new aerobridges which would soon be functional. The AAI had since acquired the imported equipment from the Indonesian manufacturing and construction firm P T Bukaka that was also given the responsibility of installing the bridges.
18/09/10 Vishwas Kothari/Times of India

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Categories: airports Sep 2010