Trivandrum: The delay in beginning the work on the renovation of the runway of the Karipur airport in north Kerala and the reported refusal by the Director-General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to permit airlines to operate lighter aircrafts in the wake of the partial closure of the airport for wide-bodied aircrafts in May have fuelled fears that a lobby is working against the airport.
Various business and socio-cultural organisations and non-resident Keralite forums have launched an indefinite protest in Calicut city against the alleged conspiracy. The organisers of the stir say that the lobbies had hatched the conspiracy against the airport in connivance with the Airports Authority of India to benefit the first private sector airport at Cochin and another coming up in nearby Kannur.
The cancellation of the Air India flight to New Delhi last month and the subsequent clarification by the AAI that wide-bodied aircrafts like Boeings would not land in the airport, which is the 12th busiest airport in India, even after renovation of the runway are viewed by the activists as signs of the conspiracy.
12/09/15 T K Devasia/Khaleej Times
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Various business and socio-cultural organisations and non-resident Keralite forums have launched an indefinite protest in Calicut city against the alleged conspiracy. The organisers of the stir say that the lobbies had hatched the conspiracy against the airport in connivance with the Airports Authority of India to benefit the first private sector airport at Cochin and another coming up in nearby Kannur.
The cancellation of the Air India flight to New Delhi last month and the subsequent clarification by the AAI that wide-bodied aircrafts like Boeings would not land in the airport, which is the 12th busiest airport in India, even after renovation of the runway are viewed by the activists as signs of the conspiracy.
12/09/15 T K Devasia/Khaleej Times
