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Airport runway work rescheduled

Nedumbassery: Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) has introduced a new schedule for maintenance work by which re-carpeting of the runway would be carried out in a phased manner, avoiding a partial closedown of the airport. This will reduce the operational difficulties faced by airlines during the period.

C. G. Krishnadas Nair, managing director of the CIAL, told mediapersons on Friday that as per the new plan, the re-carpeting work on the 3,400-metre long runway would be carried out in three stages with the division of work into 1,000 metres, 1,600 metres and 800 metres.

Earlier, there were reports that the airlines operating from the airport would have to reschedule their services leading to operational delays with the partial closedown. Some of the airline companies had expressed reservations about it. Last month, a major airline operating in the domestic sector suspended its services from here. Mr. Nair said that the CIAL would begin a three-year diploma course in aircraft maintenance engineering under the auspices of the Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and without collecting exorbitant fees from students.

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