Patna will have a second airport at the Bihta airbase, around 40km southwest of the city, apart from the Jayaprakash Narayan International Airport.
Union civil aviation secretary R.N. Choubey held a meeting with state government officials in Patna on Thursday, and announced that the Indian Air Force has given its consent for commercial flight operations from the Bihta airbase where around 85 acres of land will be needed for developing the civilian airport.
Choubey claimed that it would take around 24 months for developing the Bihta airport once the state government transfers the required land.
The civil aviation ministry on Thursday also floated a proposal before the state government to extend the Patna airport terminal building over an area of 11.5 acres.
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) would transfer land it owns in Patna to the state government in return of the 11.5 acres of land the AAI needs for the extension of the existing building. Senior officials in land and revenue reforms department claimed that the land-swap offer makes the option feasible.
08/04/16 Piyush Kumar Tripathi/Telegraph
To Read the News in full at Source, Click the Headline
Union civil aviation secretary R.N. Choubey held a meeting with state government officials in Patna on Thursday, and announced that the Indian Air Force has given its consent for commercial flight operations from the Bihta airbase where around 85 acres of land will be needed for developing the civilian airport.
Choubey claimed that it would take around 24 months for developing the Bihta airport once the state government transfers the required land.
The civil aviation ministry on Thursday also floated a proposal before the state government to extend the Patna airport terminal building over an area of 11.5 acres.
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) would transfer land it owns in Patna to the state government in return of the 11.5 acres of land the AAI needs for the extension of the existing building. Senior officials in land and revenue reforms department claimed that the land-swap offer makes the option feasible.
08/04/16 Piyush Kumar Tripathi/Telegraph
