Surat: Airport Authority of India (AAI) has identified Surat airport and 28 other metro and non-metro airports in the country for modernization. This would motivate domestic and global airlines to start operations from these airports to newer destinations thus helping improve air connectivity.
Official sources said AAI authorities had attended the World Route Development Forum conference in Chicago last week and held discussions with global airline and airport representatives on civil aviation scenario. The officials informed them about the potential of 29 metro and non-metro airports in India and their plan to modernize them.
The airports identified for modernization are at Amritsar, Chandigarh, Jaipur, Lucknow, Leh, Srinagar, Varanasi, Bhubaneswar, Gaya, Kolkata, Port Blair, Ranchi, Raipur, Guwahati, Ahmedabad, Aurangabad, Bhopal, Indore, Goa, Pune, Surat, Chennai, Coimbatore, Calicut, Madurai, Mangalore, Trivandrum, Trichy and Visakhapatnam.
02/10/14 Times of India
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Official sources said AAI authorities had attended the World Route Development Forum conference in Chicago last week and held discussions with global airline and airport representatives on civil aviation scenario. The officials informed them about the potential of 29 metro and non-metro airports in India and their plan to modernize them.
The airports identified for modernization are at Amritsar, Chandigarh, Jaipur, Lucknow, Leh, Srinagar, Varanasi, Bhubaneswar, Gaya, Kolkata, Port Blair, Ranchi, Raipur, Guwahati, Ahmedabad, Aurangabad, Bhopal, Indore, Goa, Pune, Surat, Chennai, Coimbatore, Calicut, Madurai, Mangalore, Trivandrum, Trichy and Visakhapatnam.
02/10/14 Times of India
