Coimbatore firm to build India's first private airport in Karaikal

Coimbatore: The first fully private airport in India will become operational in Karaikal, an enclave of Puducherry near Nagapattinam, in another two years, its developers told the media here. Super Airport Infrastructure Pvt, a consortium of Coimbatore-based industrialists, said they have received all the necessary clearances.
Super Airport chairman J Venkatesam Chowdhury said the proposed airport in Karaikkal would be the first airport in the country to be built entirely with private capital.
According to him, the airport would be spread across 562 acre. The company has already purchased 400 acre of land for the first phase of construction and the first phase involves construction of a 1.8-km runway and a 250 Peak Hour Passenger (PHP) capacity terminal. The initial expense will be 150 crore and that amount is sufficient to construct the necessary infrastructure to ensure total safety operations, he said.
13/03/12 Times of india

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