New Delhi: Civil Aviation Minister Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju Tuesday said the government has identified five locations for development of no-frills airports in the country.
"We have identified five locations for the development of no-frills airports in the country," Gajapathi Raju said in his interactions with the media after detailing the achievements of his ministry in the first 100 days of assuming office.
According to the minister, the five locations for development of no-frills airports includes Tezu in Arunachal Pradesh, Kishangarh in Rajasthan, Jharsuguda in Odisha, Hubli and Belgaum in Karnataka.
The plan has been prepared by the Airports Authority of India (AAI), though no further details on the timeline for completion of the projects were divulged, it is expected that the new kind of airports will come up at an initial cost of Rs.50 crore with limited facilities for seating, lounges and air traffic management.
In its bid for development of infrastructure, the new government, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, had asked the ministry to prepare a plan for development of at least five such no-frills airports in the country by the end of the fiscal followed by overall development of 50 such kinds of airports.
09/09/14 IANS/Business Standard
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"We have identified five locations for the development of no-frills airports in the country," Gajapathi Raju said in his interactions with the media after detailing the achievements of his ministry in the first 100 days of assuming office.
According to the minister, the five locations for development of no-frills airports includes Tezu in Arunachal Pradesh, Kishangarh in Rajasthan, Jharsuguda in Odisha, Hubli and Belgaum in Karnataka.
The plan has been prepared by the Airports Authority of India (AAI), though no further details on the timeline for completion of the projects were divulged, it is expected that the new kind of airports will come up at an initial cost of Rs.50 crore with limited facilities for seating, lounges and air traffic management.
In its bid for development of infrastructure, the new government, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, had asked the ministry to prepare a plan for development of at least five such no-frills airports in the country by the end of the fiscal followed by overall development of 50 such kinds of airports.
09/09/14 IANS/Business Standard
