Kolkata: The much awaited airport at Durgapur is set to be operational by December this year. The much hyped project is touted to be India's first Aerotropolis (Airport City). The Kazi Nazrul Islam international airport (named after a famous Bengali poet) will initially host domestic flight operations in December followed by international flights later.
The project, also popularly known as Andal airport is likely to cater to the Durgapur-Asansol urban centres. It is learnt that the state govt has started removing overhead electrical transmission wires running over the airstrip. Though the airport was declared ready for commercial operations in April, 2013, the overhead transmission lines criss-crossing the runway caused a delay in test landing commercial airliners on the airstrip.
04/08/14 Zee News
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The project, also popularly known as Andal airport is likely to cater to the Durgapur-Asansol urban centres. It is learnt that the state govt has started removing overhead electrical transmission wires running over the airstrip. Though the airport was declared ready for commercial operations in April, 2013, the overhead transmission lines criss-crossing the runway caused a delay in test landing commercial airliners on the airstrip.
04/08/14 Zee News
