Delay in Chennai's second runway ruins plans of airlines

Chennai: Protracted delays with the second runway have put a cap on flights operating out of Chennai airport and deterred airlines from starting new services from the city.
This has limited the options of people travelling to or from the city, even as Bangalore and Hyderabad's airports are in the process of increasing their passenger handling capacity by expanding their facilities.
The Bangalore airport currently has passenger traffic well in excess of 13 million. Bangalore International Airport Ltd has fast-tracked an expansion project to cater to 17 million passengers a year and plans to extend this to 36 million with the addition of facilities at the airport's second terminal.
The expansion of Chennai airport has suffered repeated setbacks, resulting in the Airports Authority of India not being able to allocate departure slots for new flights.
Read news in full 19/10/13 V Ayyappan/Times of India