Part of Chennai's second runway to open soon

Chennai: The airport will soon open a portion of the secondary runway, which has remained closed for more than a year, as construction work has been completed.
A stretch of 2,085 metres, which formed the entire stretch of the initial runway will be opened for take-off of smaller aircraft, a meeting of the coordination panel of Chennai airport decided on Friday.
"We are awaiting the approval of Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), and the message has been conveyed to airline operators," said airport director Hareendranath. The airport had constructed a bridge across the Adyar river to extend the runway by 1,400 metres. The security analysis of this strech is in progress, the airport director added.
The opening of the earlier portion of the runway will help transfer movement of small aircraft including ATRs that operate short-haul flights. The secondary runway was closed in December 2009 to align the runway level with the portion of the proposed extension across the river.
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) had decided to speed up the extension of runway considering the safety of aircraft operations which had been limited to a single runway of 3,658 metres.
19/02/11 Times of India

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