When you speak about Mangalore airport, many people connect it with the 2010 air crash that claimed 158 lives.
Others, who have seen the airport, admire its infrastructure. Old timers recall the visit of Jawaharlal Nehru to inaugurate the airport in 1951.
After six decades of operation, the Union Government has now decided to make Mangalore an international airport.
The Cabinet meet held on October 4 decided to accord international status to Mangalore airport, along with four others. Of course, it was one of the long-pending demands of the people in the region.
The Mangalore airport, which started with the operations of Dacota flights in 1951, was one of the major projects initiated by the late Ullal Srinivas Mallya, the then Member ofParliament from the region. Other projects initiated by Mallya were New Mangalore Port Trust and National Institute of Technology, Karnataka, among others.In 1970, the airport was developed to handle Boeing 737.
14/10/12 AJ Vinayak/Business Line
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Others, who have seen the airport, admire its infrastructure. Old timers recall the visit of Jawaharlal Nehru to inaugurate the airport in 1951.
After six decades of operation, the Union Government has now decided to make Mangalore an international airport.
The Cabinet meet held on October 4 decided to accord international status to Mangalore airport, along with four others. Of course, it was one of the long-pending demands of the people in the region.
The Mangalore airport, which started with the operations of Dacota flights in 1951, was one of the major projects initiated by the late Ullal Srinivas Mallya, the then Member ofParliament from the region. Other projects initiated by Mallya were New Mangalore Port Trust and National Institute of Technology, Karnataka, among others.In 1970, the airport was developed to handle Boeing 737.
14/10/12 AJ Vinayak/Business Line
