Thiruvananthapuram: The delay in acquiring land for extending the runway and making approach roads is likely to affect the future expansion plans of the Kannur International Airport Ltd (KIAL).
Though the project was envisaged on 2061 acres of land, the delay in land acquisition has affected the project. As per the KIAL report, 785.45 acres of balance land is under acquisition.
Industry experts warn that the KIAL would meet the fate of the Trivandrum airport, which is struggling to find more land to meet its expansion plans.
The total length of the runway of the greenfield airport in the first phase has been restricted to 3,050 m. Only after acquiring 70 acres of land can the KIAL extend the runway to 3,400 m.
Faced with stiff opposition against land acquisition, Minister for Airports, Ports and Excise K Babu, on his visit to the airport in the first week of this month, had said that no further extension would be allowed.
17/01/16 Unnikrishnan S/New Indian Express
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Though the project was envisaged on 2061 acres of land, the delay in land acquisition has affected the project. As per the KIAL report, 785.45 acres of balance land is under acquisition.
Industry experts warn that the KIAL would meet the fate of the Trivandrum airport, which is struggling to find more land to meet its expansion plans.
The total length of the runway of the greenfield airport in the first phase has been restricted to 3,050 m. Only after acquiring 70 acres of land can the KIAL extend the runway to 3,400 m.
Faced with stiff opposition against land acquisition, Minister for Airports, Ports and Excise K Babu, on his visit to the airport in the first week of this month, had said that no further extension would be allowed.
17/01/16 Unnikrishnan S/New Indian Express
