Chennai, Kolkata to get new runways

New Dehi: The Kolkata and Chennai airports will soon get fully operational second runways. This means that these airports can handle more flights as well as reduce chances of flight disruption.
Not to be left behind, the non-metro cities are also expected to join the airport modernisation bandwagon with the AAI ready with plans to upgrade 10 of them at a cost of Rs 1500 crore.
Better infrastructure will enable faster takeoffs and landings at Chennai and Kolkata at least. Chennai already has a second runway, but it intersects the first.
So the AAI will train air traffic controllers and airport staff to handle this better. And AAI has already successfully operationalised the cross runway in Mumbai.
29/05/06 NDTV.com

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