Mangalore: Mangalore International Airport’s plans to become more efficient by being able to handle aircraft one after another is set to become a reality as the construction of additional taxiways has begun.
The taxiways provide the important link between the runways and the aircraft parking near the terminal buildings. Mangalore airport, which has two terminal buildings, has two runways (old and new).
One taxi track connects the new terminal building at Kenjar to the relatively new concrete runway on the west and the other one connects old terminal building at Bajpe to the old and mostly unused runway on the east. Now passenger flights arrive at the new terminal building at Kenjar.
Director of the airport J.T. Radhakrishna told The Hindu that PCC Constructions, a Mumbai-based company, has bagged the Rs. 35-crore contract of building the new taxiways.
The taxi tracks would have to be completed within 18 months from August, 2014. They are expected to be ready by January-February 2016.
12/09/14 Raviprasad Kamila/The Hindu
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The taxiways provide the important link between the runways and the aircraft parking near the terminal buildings. Mangalore airport, which has two terminal buildings, has two runways (old and new).
One taxi track connects the new terminal building at Kenjar to the relatively new concrete runway on the west and the other one connects old terminal building at Bajpe to the old and mostly unused runway on the east. Now passenger flights arrive at the new terminal building at Kenjar.
Director of the airport J.T. Radhakrishna told The Hindu that PCC Constructions, a Mumbai-based company, has bagged the Rs. 35-crore contract of building the new taxiways.
The taxi tracks would have to be completed within 18 months from August, 2014. They are expected to be ready by January-February 2016.
12/09/14 Raviprasad Kamila/The Hindu
