Kolkata: Aerobridges, which have kept on hold the functioning of the new integrated terminal of the airport, are finally on their way. A Kolkata-bound ship laden with the first lot of aerobridges has set sail from Jakarta on Monday night. The shipment will take over a fortnight to reach the city port. It is expected that the terminal will become operational some time in January since it will take about six weeks to install and test the aerobridges.
"A special ship carrying the first lot of five aerobridges has started from the Port of Jakarta in Indonesia. The vessel should reach Kolkata in another 15-18 days," airport director BP Sharma confirmed on Tuesday, ending months of speculation over the fate of the new terminal, which is nearly complete but unable to function due to the absence of aerobridges.
Airlines now hope that of the terminal will be operational some time in January once these five aerobridges are installed and become functional. Since it will take about six weeks to install and test them before commissioning, the aerobridges will be ready only around mid-January and just on time for a possible inauguration on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's birthday.
17/10/12 Subhro Niyogi/Times of India
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"A special ship carrying the first lot of five aerobridges has started from the Port of Jakarta in Indonesia. The vessel should reach Kolkata in another 15-18 days," airport director BP Sharma confirmed on Tuesday, ending months of speculation over the fate of the new terminal, which is nearly complete but unable to function due to the absence of aerobridges.
Airlines now hope that of the terminal will be operational some time in January once these five aerobridges are installed and become functional. Since it will take about six weeks to install and test them before commissioning, the aerobridges will be ready only around mid-January and just on time for a possible inauguration on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's birthday.
17/10/12 Subhro Niyogi/Times of India
