Mumbai: India's tallest Air Traffic Control (ATC) tower - standing at 84 metres or nearly as high as a 30-storey building - was inaugurated outside the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport on Friday.
By virtue of its location and height, the ATC tower, jointly inaugurated by Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh and Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, will enable the controllers have an uninterrupted view of the entire operational area and help optimize air traffic separation and enhance traffic handling capacity.
Spread over a 2,800 square metre area, it is equipped with the latest technology, including electronic flight strips which will lessen the workload of the controllers, increase safety and overall capacity at the airport.
Speaking on the occasion, Singh said that India is the ninth largest aviation market in the world with the traffic growing at 10% per annum, propelled by policy initiatives and modernization of both airports and air navigation systems (ANS) infrastructure.
Read news in full 18/10/13 IANS/Daily News & Analysis
Sunday 20 October 2013
Mumbai gets India's tallest Air Traffic Control tower
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