The Union Government is to give away Kolkata, Chennai and four other airports to private players on an 'Operate, Maintain and Transfer (OMT)' basis for a period of 7-10 years.
Category: Aviation & Airports
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Radar facility at Cochin airport
For its better performance, the Cochin International Airport in Kerala will be equipped with a radar system costing Rs 30 crore and it will become operational soon. The Airport Authority of India (AAI) is conducting final tests and the nod from the Director General of Civil Aviation for commissioning the system is now awaited.
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Hubli airport gets cargo service facility
After a long wait, Hubli airport has now got the cargo service facility. Traders and the general public can easily export various commodities through the new facility. After much discussion and studying the feasibility, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) has recently given its approval for the cargo service.
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Kannur airport by 2015
The Kerala government is striving to operationalise the Kannur international airport by December 2015. Kerala Minister for Excise and Ports K Babu said that the third phase of land acquisition process for the proposed international airport in Kannur has begun.
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Port Blair Airport terminal
The Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation KC Venugopal said that the projected date of completion of new terminal building of Veer Savarkar International Airport at Port Blair is December 2017 and is scheduled for commissioning by March 2018.
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100 low-cost airports in 2 years
To increase air connectivity to tier-II and tier-III cities in the country, the Union Government has decided to set up 50 new low-cost airports this year and 50 next year. The government is striving to achieve this within the deadline set up by the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
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Govt to set up 17 airports in 12th plan
In the 12th five-year plan period (2012-17), union government plans to set up 17 airports. Specifically, the government plans to build airports in Gulbarga, Bijapur, Hassan, Shimoga, Aranmula, Kannur, Karaikal. In addition, three new airports are planned in Maharashtra, including one each at Sindhudurg and Navi Mumb
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NAINA people look for Cidco development works
Seven months back, the Maharashtra government appointed City and Industrial Development Corporation (Cidco) as the special planning authority for villages coming under Navi Mumbai Airport Influence Notified Area (NAINA). Since the Cidco was appointed as the special authority, residents in the area are are facing lot of problems as the local self-governing bodies are not paying attention to their civic problems.
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Govt takes up modernisation of airports
The Union government, as part of its modernisation and upgradation of airports has constructed new terminal buildings of airports at Kolkata, Chennai, Ranchi, Raipur, Puducherry, Bhubaneshwar and Jaisalmer (Civil Enclave), said the Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation, KC Venugopal in the Lok Sabha on August 22.
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Nod given to Kannur geenfield airport project: Minister
The Union government has granted 'in-principle' approval for setting up of a greenfield airport at Kannur in Kerala. The project is to be implemented on Build Own and Operate (BOO) model, said the Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation, KC Venugopal in the Lok recently.