New Delhi: The government is planning to build small airports with rudimentary facilities, in order to bring down the cost of flying.
Such airports will be a world apart from the swanky ones at Delhi and Mumbai. As per a blueprint being prepared by the Airports Authority of India (AAI), these airports, which will be located in small towns, will lack conveyor belts, arrival lounges and even air-conditioning. Luggage will have to be checked in manually. One air traffic control (ATC) tower will cater to a number of such airports.
"Our plan is to keep the cost of building and operating these airports to a minimum. This mean the security will be taken care by police personnel from the respective states and harnessing solar energy to power the airports," said a senior AAI official. The official added that the plan being discussed includes remotecontrolled ATCs.
01/08/14 Economic Times
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Such airports will be a world apart from the swanky ones at Delhi and Mumbai. As per a blueprint being prepared by the Airports Authority of India (AAI), these airports, which will be located in small towns, will lack conveyor belts, arrival lounges and even air-conditioning. Luggage will have to be checked in manually. One air traffic control (ATC) tower will cater to a number of such airports.
"Our plan is to keep the cost of building and operating these airports to a minimum. This mean the security will be taken care by police personnel from the respective states and harnessing solar energy to power the airports," said a senior AAI official. The official added that the plan being discussed includes remotecontrolled ATCs.
01/08/14 Economic Times
