Lobbies out to curb expansion of Kannur airport: Jayarajan
: Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader and Mattannur MLA E.P. Jayarajan alleged that some ‘lobbies’ are hampering the development of the Kannur international airport coming up near Mattannur....
View ArticleDelimitation opposed
The Vallakkadavu-Vayyamoola Joint Action Council has complained about the...
View ArticleNM Delegation Announces $6.5 Million for Construction and Maintenance at 17...
(Source: Tom Udall) WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Representatives Steve Pearce, Ben Ray Luján and Michelle Lujan Grisham announced more than $6.5 million for...
View ArticleSurvey to acquire land for airport from today
The district administration will commence survey works to acquire 8 hectares of land for further development of Thiruvananthapuram International Airport on Thursday. The survey works in the Pettah and...
View ArticleHoeven Announces More than $2.5 Million in Grants for North Dakota Airports
05.30.17 WASHINGTON - Senator John Hoeven, a member of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded grants totaling $2,521,708 to...
View ArticleConsensus needed for airport development, says Minister
Only a consensus between the Airport Authority of India and local residents will speed up the land acquisition for the proposed expansion of the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport, Health...
View ArticleAirport Authority of India to make fresh appeal for land
Thiruvananthapuram: The Airport Authority of India (AAI) would once again request the government to begin acquisition of the land allotted to the authority in Chackai here. A meeting in this regard...
View ArticleAAI approves construction of taxi track at Mangaluru International Airport
MANGALURU: Airports Authority of India (AAI) has approved construction of part parallel taxi track (Phase-II) and grading of basic strip at south side of Mangaluru International Airport (MIA) at...
View ArticleKannur airport in take-off mode
Code-B aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) is likely to be the first aircraft to touch down at the 3,050-metre runway of the Kannur airport, coming up at Mattannur. The Kannur International Airport...
View ArticleTenders floated to build parallel taxiway at GOI
Panaji: Based on the clearance granted by Airports Authority of India (AAI) and Indian Navy, the tender for the construction of a parallel taxiway at Goa International Airport (GOI), Dabolim, has been...
View ArticleKerala's Kannur airport to be operational in September
The upcoming Kannur international airport will commence commercial operations in September, a Kerala minister said on Tuesday. The Director General of Civil Aviation...
View ArticleAirports Authority of India to build a parallel taxiway to take more flights
CHENNAI: In an effort to reduce delays on the ground, Airports Authority of India (AAI) will build a new parallel taxiway and two rapid exit taxiways for the main runway at Chennai airport. The Rs...
View ArticleCapital airport’s licence bid in trouble
Securing an aerodrome licence for the Thiruvananthapuram International Airport is going to be arduous as its runway lacks the mandatory basic strip as per the International Civil Aviation Organisation...
View ArticleChandy frowns upon protests against land acquisition
Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has said that the non-cooperation of the public to land acquisition efforts is a major hurdle facing developmental projects in the State. Inaugurating a function organised...
View ArticleMihan seeks pvt firms to upgrade city airport
Nagpur: The dream of having an airport of international standard in the city has moved a step closer with Mihan India Limited (MIL) floating a bid for its upgrade, operation and maintenance. The...
View ArticleAAI plan ready, but needs land
Thiruvananthapuram: The Airport Authority of India has prepared a project for the expansion of the airport, but the land acquisition process is yet to begin. The project, planned as an extension of the...
View ArticleKannur airport facing land acquisition hurdle
Kannur: In the budget presented on Friday, chief minister Oommen Chandy announced the runway of the upcoming Kannur international airport would be extended to 4,000 metres. This has given rise to the...
View ArticleRegulator gets top rating but airports skip safety norms
CHENNAI: The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has upgraded safety rating of India's aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to Category I, saying the country complies...
View ArticleTrial landing at Kannur airport this month
Kannur: With the Kannur International Airport Ltd (Kial) authorities getting the Directorate General of Civil Aviations (DGCA) clearance, the aircraft trial landing would be held here this month...
View ArticleAirport action council slams collector's statement
Thiruvananthapuram: A day after district collector Biju Prabhakar said that land mafia is behind the opposition to acquiring land for the development of airport at Chackai, the Vallakkadavu-Vayyamoola...
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