Sunday, September 29, 2013

New hangar to be ready by Dec, land sought from IAF

Pune: Efforts at the local level are on to accommodate more aircraft. "A new hangar is under construction and is likely to be completed by December. This may accommodate additional 3-4 small aircraft from the present lot. Thus we can address pending requests," said an official. "We have also requested IAF to allot five acres. Talks are on and in case the proposal falls through, we may be able to build three bays that can accommodate 12 aircraft."
But the operators/ owners have a different take on the issue. Wing Commander (retd) W H Marshall, CEO, Poonawalla Aviation, said, "It is high time the government gives priority to aviation.
29/09/13 Indian Express 
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