Chennai: Nearly three years after its completion, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Friday cleared the secondary runway of Chennai airport for operations.
The runway built at a cost of Rs. 450 crore may be opened for operations in about 15 days, according to officials of the Airports Authority of India (AAI).
Airport director H.S. Suresh said the extended runway would run to a length of a little over 2,300 metres.
He added that the runway would make it possible to conduct maintenance for the primary runway without suspending flight operations.
As part of the Rs. 2,000-crore Chennai airport expansion, the secondary runway was to be extended to 3,400 metres.
After such a huge investment and delay, it was unfortunate that only about 2,300 metres would be available for operations, an AAI official said.
25/04/14 P. Oppili/Sunitha Sekar/The Hindu
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The runway built at a cost of Rs. 450 crore may be opened for operations in about 15 days, according to officials of the Airports Authority of India (AAI).
Airport director H.S. Suresh said the extended runway would run to a length of a little over 2,300 metres.
He added that the runway would make it possible to conduct maintenance for the primary runway without suspending flight operations.
As part of the Rs. 2,000-crore Chennai airport expansion, the secondary runway was to be extended to 3,400 metres.
After such a huge investment and delay, it was unfortunate that only about 2,300 metres would be available for operations, an AAI official said.
25/04/14 P. Oppili/Sunitha Sekar/The Hindu
