Thiruvananthapuram: Kannur International Airport, State’s second
greenfield airport coming up in public-private partnership mode, is
gearing up for commissioning scheduled for September this year.
The Kannur International Airport Ltd (KIAL), the government company set up to execute the project, is hopeful of completing the works by April-May this year and for commissioning of the fourth international airport of the State by September. Over 90 % of the works on the air-side and 82 % of the works of the integrated terminal building had been completed.
“The works are going on as per schedule. One to two months is needed for testing equipments, integration, commissioning and to get mandatory aerodrome licence from the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). We have already got the ICAO four-letter code-VOKN for the airport and had applied for the three-letter IATO code”, the Managing Director, KIAL, V. Thulasidas told The Hindu here on Monday.
The works of the roofing of the integrated terminal building, flyover in front of the building, service roads and for the full-length parallel taxiway are nearing completion. The time-consuming interior works of the terminal building is on. The IMD, Poona is setting up the weather observatory station.
To Read the News in Full 07/02/17 S. Anil Radhakrishnan/The Hindu
The Kannur International Airport Ltd (KIAL), the government company set up to execute the project, is hopeful of completing the works by April-May this year and for commissioning of the fourth international airport of the State by September. Over 90 % of the works on the air-side and 82 % of the works of the integrated terminal building had been completed.
“The works are going on as per schedule. One to two months is needed for testing equipments, integration, commissioning and to get mandatory aerodrome licence from the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). We have already got the ICAO four-letter code-VOKN for the airport and had applied for the three-letter IATO code”, the Managing Director, KIAL, V. Thulasidas told The Hindu here on Monday.
The works of the roofing of the integrated terminal building, flyover in front of the building, service roads and for the full-length parallel taxiway are nearing completion. The time-consuming interior works of the terminal building is on. The IMD, Poona is setting up the weather observatory station.
To Read the News in Full 07/02/17 S. Anil Radhakrishnan/The Hindu
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