CHENNAI: Normalcy has returned to Chennai Airport, which was closed down following the unprecedented deluge last week, and it was for airlines to resume operations in full swing, Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Ganapathy Raju said today.
After taking stock of the situation at the airport, Raju met Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa at the state secretariat.
Speaking to reporters after his nearly half-an-hour meeting with her, Raju said that "lessons" have been learnt following the deluge that paralysed flight operations, with stranded passengers being evacuated from the military base at nearby Arakkonam.
"Normalcy is already there. Only airlines have to take a call," he said replying to a query if normalcy had returned at the airport and if operations could be resumed in full swing.
The estimate of the loss was being done but it was "premature" to quantify the same even as "lessons" had been learnt, Raju said.
For instance, radar, among other costly equipment, had been affected and had it been placed at a higher position than it was, the loss of operation hours could have been minimised, Raju said.
07/12/15 PTI/The Economic Times
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After taking stock of the situation at the airport, Raju met Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa at the state secretariat.
Speaking to reporters after his nearly half-an-hour meeting with her, Raju said that "lessons" have been learnt following the deluge that paralysed flight operations, with stranded passengers being evacuated from the military base at nearby Arakkonam.
"Normalcy is already there. Only airlines have to take a call," he said replying to a query if normalcy had returned at the airport and if operations could be resumed in full swing.
The estimate of the loss was being done but it was "premature" to quantify the same even as "lessons" had been learnt, Raju said.
For instance, radar, among other costly equipment, had been affected and had it been placed at a higher position than it was, the loss of operation hours could have been minimised, Raju said.
07/12/15 PTI/The Economic Times
