Government's nod for Kannur airport

Kochi: Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation Praful Patel has said the Union Government has in principle approved a plan to develop the Kannur airport on the lines of Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL).
The Minister was speaking to reporters after a meeting of the Consultative Committee on Civil Aviation here on Monday.
He said the Union Government would back promotion of tourism industry by the Kerala Government and that the Centre was committed to providing better connectivity and infrastructure.
Mr. Patel said the Government wanted to link more cities via air and looked to inducting smaller aircraft for the purpose. He said Kerala was already well connected to West Asia and the Union Government wanted connectivity to destinations such as Europe also.
The Civil Aviation Ministry was looking to expand the Air India Express service for cost-effective operations.
20/02/07 The Hindu

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