AAI hints at second airport for Chennai

“We are seriously following up with and Tamil Nadu and West Bengal for a second airport in Chennai and Kolkata,” said AAI chairman Guruprasad Mahapatra and added that the authority has decided to have additional facilities at all the terminal buildings across the country. 

“All our terminal buildings will have additional facilities. For financial year 2018-19, terminal building projects worth Rs 15,000 crore would be launched,” he told media representatives at the launch of the airport operation’s control centre at Dabolim airport here. 

“AAI plans to build 15 new terminal buildings in FY19,” he added. Mahapatra said the construction of a new airport at Pakyong in Sikkim has been completed at a cost of Rs 650 crore, along with Tezu airport in Arunachal Pradesh. 

“Both will be operational soon,” he said. Elaborating on the status of new airports across the country, Mahapatra said the Jharsuguda airport in western Odisha has been completed at a cost Rs 200 crore and would be inaugurated in April, the foundation stone for the Navi Mumbai airport would be laid soon, while another airport at Jewar in Greater Noida is in the planning stage.