Flights to Jeddah, Eastern Countries from Srinagar Airport soon: AAI

Srinagar: Linking operation of international flights with normalcy in the Valley, chairman Airport Authority of India (AAI) Thursday stated that international flights from Srinagar to Jeddah and eastern countries could be made operational from Srinagar International Airport if normalcy continues to prevail.
“It is all linked to normalcy in the Valley. Right now international flight operation from Srinagar airport is restricted to Hajj flights only. With normalcy returning to the Valley, international flight operations will pick up. We can definitely make connections to Jeddah and eastern countries,” AAI chairman V P Agarwal told reporters here. He was flanked by Director Srinagar Airport, Capt Raj K Malik.
Agarwal said AAI will install high-intensity lights at the Srinagar Airport to facilitate night landing. "The night landing of flights requires high-intensity lights which we will be doing in near future," he said.
The Indian Air Force (IAF), however, will have to provide more manpower to Air Traffic Control (ATC) for operation of the night flights, he said.
Agarwal outlined several measures for streamlining the functioning of Srinagar Airport, including extending the duration of flight operations to accommodate more daily flights.
08/07/11 Mouzum Muhammad/Greater Kashmir

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Categories: Airports Jul 2011, Foreign Jul 2011