The Hindu: Expanding infrastructure at the Mangaluru International Airport as passenger traffic is also going up, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) has begun constructing two more aprons (parking slots for aircraft) in addition to the existing six.
With this, the airport would have eight aprons by this year-end as the work on the additional ones are expected to be completed by December 2016. More number of aprons would help the airport handle more flights at a time.
Director of the airport J.T. Radhakrishna told The Hindu that the aprons were being built at an estimated cost of Rs. 4 crore.
The director said that once the additional aprons were ready, two of the existing six aprons would be modified for installing two more aerobridges in addition to the existing two aerobridges.
Then, of the eight aprons in the airport, four would have aerobridge facility. The two additional aerobridges coming up at about Rs. 8 crore are expected to be ready after a year.
An aerobridge connects an aircraft directly to the terminal building with no need for passengers to alight to the parking ground.
Mr. Radhakrishna said that larger planes such as Airbus 320 and Boeing 737 could make use of the four aprons with aerobridge facility. As ATR type of planes cannot use aerobridges, four more parking stands would be available for such flights.
To Read the News in Full 18/06/16 Raviprasad Kamila/The Hindu
With this, the airport would have eight aprons by this year-end as the work on the additional ones are expected to be completed by December 2016. More number of aprons would help the airport handle more flights at a time.
Director of the airport J.T. Radhakrishna told The Hindu that the aprons were being built at an estimated cost of Rs. 4 crore.
The director said that once the additional aprons were ready, two of the existing six aprons would be modified for installing two more aerobridges in addition to the existing two aerobridges.
Then, of the eight aprons in the airport, four would have aerobridge facility. The two additional aerobridges coming up at about Rs. 8 crore are expected to be ready after a year.
An aerobridge connects an aircraft directly to the terminal building with no need for passengers to alight to the parking ground.
Mr. Radhakrishna said that larger planes such as Airbus 320 and Boeing 737 could make use of the four aprons with aerobridge facility. As ATR type of planes cannot use aerobridges, four more parking stands would be available for such flights.
To Read the News in Full 18/06/16 Raviprasad Kamila/The Hindu
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