AAI, IAF agree on ILS commissioning

Srinagar: If all goes as planned, a vital landing instrument, worth Rs 2 crore, may soon be calibrated at the Srinagar International Airport for easy landing of the aircraft in low visibility conditions. The calibration of the equipment would mark the end of a year old discord between the Indian Air Force and the Airports Authority of India over the issue.
Top sources disclosed to Greater Kashmir that the two agencies have jointly agreed to go ahead with an ‘action plan’ with regard to operationalising the Instrumentation Landing System (ILS), which has been installed at the aerodrome two years back.
The decision to this effect was taken at a meeting between the Srinagar-based officials of the AAI and IAF on November 18.
To begin with, the two agencies would be doing the ‘ground work’ for calibration of the equipment which would be followed by its complete functioning in a phased manner. “Things have begun to roll. All the issues between the AAI and IAF have been sorted out and action plan has been formulated with regard to functioning of the ILS,” said an airport official, who was part of the meeting.
Sources said among other things the ‘ground work’ includes demolition of a room located adjacent to the ILS. “The calibration is a sophisticated task. It has to be done in a careful manner. But first the ground for that is to be cleared. There is a room near it which has to be demolished before calibration and some other things also have to be done,” they said.
19/11/10 Faheem Aslam/Greater Kashmir

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Categories: Airports Nov 2010