COIMBATORE: The Airports Authority of India is developing airports in the southern part of the country on an outlay of Rs. 220 crore, K. Ramalingam, Regional Executive Director, AAI, Chennai, said here on Monday.
Madurai and Tiruchi are among the airports that have been taken up for expansion. The runways and aprons of the airports in Madurai, Tiruchi, Mangalore, Calicut, Vishakapatnam and Thiruvananthapuram were being expanded to cope with the increasing volume of traffic. The runway expansion would enable easy landing and take-off of wide-bodied aircraft.
The terminal buildings at the Madurai, Coimbatore, Mangalore and Calicut airports were being modified to accommodate domestic traffic. New terminal buildings would be constructed at Tiruchi, Madurai, Coimbatore and Mangalore airports for the convenience of international passengers.
Air traffic in Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad and Vishakapatnam, he said, accounted for 32 per cent of the volume of traffic nationwide, and 32 per cent of the revenue.
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