Bengaluru can still look ahead with hope to have a second airport – its original HAL Airport, which is today being referred to as the “Old Airport”.
HAL has appealed to the civil aviation ministry for its airport to be included in the regional airports connectivity plan of the civil aviation ministry, HAL chairman and managing director T Suvarna Raju said.
Civil aviation minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju has said there is a plan – under the regional connectivity plan – to add 55 airports across India to the existing 70 to facilitate short distance flights which would see smaller aircraft being put to wider use while offering short-haul passengers an option to fly. The HAL airport is one of them. “We hope that our airport gets the clearance to be included in the regional connectivity plan,” Suvarna Raju said. At present, HAL cannot be an airport of option for Bengalureans because of a 25-year agreement between the state government and Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) not to allow an additional airport within a radius of 150 Kilometres of the Kempegowda International Airport, promoted by the BIAL, at Devanahalli.
Considering that, HAL scouted options of returning its airport to commercial flight operations by approaching the civil aviation ministry, using the regional connectivity plan.
16/02/17 Bangalore Mirror
To Read the News in full at Source, Click the Headline
HAL has appealed to the civil aviation ministry for its airport to be included in the regional airports connectivity plan of the civil aviation ministry, HAL chairman and managing director T Suvarna Raju said.
Civil aviation minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju has said there is a plan – under the regional connectivity plan – to add 55 airports across India to the existing 70 to facilitate short distance flights which would see smaller aircraft being put to wider use while offering short-haul passengers an option to fly. The HAL airport is one of them. “We hope that our airport gets the clearance to be included in the regional connectivity plan,” Suvarna Raju said. At present, HAL cannot be an airport of option for Bengalureans because of a 25-year agreement between the state government and Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) not to allow an additional airport within a radius of 150 Kilometres of the Kempegowda International Airport, promoted by the BIAL, at Devanahalli.
Considering that, HAL scouted options of returning its airport to commercial flight operations by approaching the civil aviation ministry, using the regional connectivity plan.
16/02/17 Bangalore Mirror
0 comments:
Post a Comment