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Monday, 6 July 2015

Karipur Runway Closed for Works

Karipur: The much-awaited maintenance works began at the Calicut International Airport on Wednesday. The runway of the airport will remain closed from 3pm to 5pm during the next two months.  Only minor works will be carried out at present. Major repairs will start in September after the monsoon recedes.

“The restrictions in the airport timings have come into effect from July 1 and the runway will remain closed from 3pm to 5pm during the next two months,” Airport Director Janardhanan said.


In view of the works, wide-bodied aircrafts have been banned in the airport since May. A study conducted by the expert group constituted by the Airport Authority of India (AAI) have found that the runway of CIA has serious issues and operation of wide-bodied flights in the monsoon season might lead to disaster.
Read news in full 02/07/15 New Indian Expres

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