New Delhi: India should expedite its civilian aircraft project to enhance connectivity between smaller cities where airports are fit to operate a 100-seater plane, former President A P J Abdul Kalam said today.
"There are airports in Tier II and Tier III cities. To enhance connectivity, a 100-seater aircraft is fit to operate in these places. So India should expedite the civil aircraft project," Kalam said on the sidelines of an international seminar organised by the Air Traffic Controllers Guild here.
"I have asked the Civil Aviation Secretary (S N A Zaidi) to push the project," he said. Zaidi was also present on the occasion.
A 90-seater civilian plane to be produced indigenously is already on the drawing board and the project, costing Rs 5,000 crore, is being jointly developed by state-run bodies like NAL, HAL, ADA, DRDO and ISRO.
Kalam, who also felicitated six ATC officials for distinguished service, stressed that to make Indian skies more safer, air traffic controllers should be given simulator training to handle various types of exigencies.
21/10/11 PTI/Outlook
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