North Malabar is going to get an Onam gift in the form of Kannur international airport (Kial) in 2016. Though the project that began in 2010 faced numerous delays, authorities are all set to start trial landings in January and begin commercial operations in the second-half of 2016.
"Our target is to complete 2,400m of the runway, get the green signal from civil aviation authorities and begin trial landings using aircraft in Code-B ATR-42 category without pas sengers in January . After successful trial landings, our aim is to begin commercial operations by September, an Onam gift to Keralites," said Kial MD G Chandramauli, adding that all documents have been given to the director general of civil aviation and a date can be finalized only after getting clearance.
29/12/15 P Sudhakaran/The Times Of India
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"Our target is to complete 2,400m of the runway, get the green signal from civil aviation authorities and begin trial landings using aircraft in Code-B ATR-42 category without pas sengers in January . After successful trial landings, our aim is to begin commercial operations by September, an Onam gift to Keralites," said Kial MD G Chandramauli, adding that all documents have been given to the director general of civil aviation and a date can be finalized only after getting clearance.
29/12/15 P Sudhakaran/The Times Of India
