Prospects for Kannur airport brighten

Thiruvananthapuram: Prospects have brightened for Kerala fourth airport in the northern Kannur town with Federal Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel agreeing to waive the condition on two runways in view of land scarcity in the state.
Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, also the chairman of the Kannur Airport Action Committee, got the assurance from Patel in New Delhi on Wednesday.
Balakrishnan said the Cabinet meeting would decide on the special officer for firming up the logistics now that the Federal government had agreed to consider the taxiway in place of the second runway.
The government plans to construct the airport on the lines of the successful Cochin International Airport Ltd (CIAL) model that owns the Nedumbassery airport or on BOT (build, operate, transfer) basis.
08/09/06 John Mary/Peninsula On-line, Qatar

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