Lohegaon airport fast-track development hits land snag

Pune: The city’s struggle to get an improved airport has hit another roadblock as the civil aviation ministry has excluded it from the list of non-metro airports slated for city side development through public private partnerships (PPP). The Lohegaon airport, which is under the control of the Indian Air Force, has been removed from the list as there is no land available nearby for developing passenger facilities, according to the Airports Authority of India (AAI).
This effectively means that the city will lose out on passenger facilities like hotels, shopping malls, restaurants, food courts and parking lots. In short, the city has lost out heavily on planned fast-track development that will now take place in cities like Lucknow, Indore and Nagpur.
18/10/06 Manu Pubby/Pune Newsline

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