Thiruvananthapuram airport poised for big expansion

Thiruvananthapuram: Airports Authority of India (AAI) has big plans for expanding the facilities in Thiruvananthapuram airport, Minister in-charge of Railways M. Vijayakumar has said.
Replying to a submission, Mr. Vijayakumar said the new international terminal to be built at this airport would have nearly four times the passenger handling capacity as the existing one.
He said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would lay the foundation for the terminal on November 1. The State had promised to provide 120 acres of land to the AAI for the planned expansion and, of this area, 27.56 acres had been acquired and handed over.
Air-India too would start work on a unit for the maintenance of aircraft in Thiruvananthapuram soon.
20/10/06 The Hindu

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