Wait till June to fly from new terminal

Lucknow: Flyers will have to wait till June to fly from the new terminal of Lucknow airport which is though scheduled to get inaugurated by civil aviation minister Ajit Singh on Saturday. The fact came to light during its inspection by top brass of Airport Authority of India (AAI) on the eve of its inauguration on Friday.
Speaking to reporters, AAI chairman V P Agarwal said that the terminal will get operational probably in the first week of June. "The shifting of offices of the airlines and the airport staff will take some more days," he said. He maintained it to be more of a compulsion than a practice. "We also need to check all security measures before the new terminal gets finally operational,'' Agarwal said. It is the old building which houses the office of airport staff including the director and the commandant of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF). He said that the authority will also be assessing the possibility of expansion of the new terminal as per the requirement. The old terminal, he said, will also be renovated subsequently.
19/05/12 Times of India

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Categories: airports May 2012