Monday, February 03, 2020

Amravati-Mum regular flights from next year

Nagpur: Vidarbha is going to get its second fully operational airport at Amravati soon. With this, the city will get air connectivity with Mumbai next year if everything goes according to the Rs110 crore expansion plan.
The present airstrip at Belora, 15km from Amravati, was constructed by public works department in 1992.

Gaurav Upshyam, Amravati airport manager of Maharashtra Airport Development Company (MADC), said work on expanding the runway is going on.

“At present, the length of the runway is 1,300 metre. We are lengthening it to 1,850 metre, suited for small aircraft like ATR 72. After the expansion, aircraft with 72 or 90-seat capacity will be able to operate from Amravati. The length of the runway for Boeing 737 or Airbus 320 aircraft is over 3,000 metre,” he told TOI. Upshyam further said that tender for construction of the terminal building had been floated and it would be ready after an year.

“On the technical side, a team of Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) had visited Amravati. A team from Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is slated to inspect the airport. We will need green signal from these two authorities before starting the operations,” he added.

Alliance Air has already promised to start an air service to Mumbai. A team of SpiceJet too visited the airport. Upshyam said that talks would be held with other players too.
03/02/20 Ashish Roy/Times of India

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