Airports Authority of India (AAI) has started work to relay and strengthen a few taxiways and parts of the apron area at Chennai airport to handle widebody planes operated on international routes. This is part of the airport expansion work.
The strengthening work is needed as this part of the apron and taxiways are now being used to push back and taxi narrowbody planes like A320 or B737 that are operated on domestic routes. After the integrated terminal becomes functional next year, AAI is planning to move international flights there.
A senior official of AAI said that all ‘Code E’ planes including widebody aircraft like B777, B787 will be moved from the apron in front of the international terminal to the space in front of the new integrated terminal after it is commissioned. “This is because international passengers will be using the new terminal,” the official said.”
The work is also part of the move to strengthen a few taxiways to make them strong enough to handle big planes. “These are old taxiways that have been in use for a long time. They need refurbishing. Since relaying is being done, they are being upgraded to handle the load of bigger planes. Two or three taxiways to which planes are now being pushed back for taxiing to the runway cannot handle Code E planes,” he said.
24/10/19 V Ayyappan/Times of India
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The strengthening work is needed as this part of the apron and taxiways are now being used to push back and taxi narrowbody planes like A320 or B737 that are operated on domestic routes. After the integrated terminal becomes functional next year, AAI is planning to move international flights there.
A senior official of AAI said that all ‘Code E’ planes including widebody aircraft like B777, B787 will be moved from the apron in front of the international terminal to the space in front of the new integrated terminal after it is commissioned. “This is because international passengers will be using the new terminal,” the official said.”
The work is also part of the move to strengthen a few taxiways to make them strong enough to handle big planes. “These are old taxiways that have been in use for a long time. They need refurbishing. Since relaying is being done, they are being upgraded to handle the load of bigger planes. Two or three taxiways to which planes are now being pushed back for taxiing to the runway cannot handle Code E planes,” he said.
24/10/19 V Ayyappan/Times of India
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