Notification according international status to Tiruchi airport issued

Ministry of Civil Aviation has issued a notification declaring Tiruchi airport an international airport. The notification has been issued following the Centre’s decision to confer international status on airports in Tiruchi and a few other cities across the country. The move is expected to lead to better infrastructure at the airport and attract some of the major air operators to introduce their services to the city.

The Airports Authority of India had already drawn up a master plan for airport development, which includes a proposal for doubling the passenger handling capacity. The terminal building has a capacity to handle 400 passengers at a time now. However, the pace of development at the airport would depend on the completion of the land acquisition process for expanding the airport runway from 8,000 feet to 12,500 feet so as to handle wide-bodied aircrafts.

Meanwhile, speaking at the valediction of the Vigilance Awareness Week observation at the airport organised by the Airports Authority of India (AAI) on Saturday, Airport Director S.Dharmaraj said that the notification has been issued fulfilling a long-pending demand from the people and industry.

Mr.Dharmaraj emphasised the need for revisiting school curriculum to inculcate values of honesty and integrity into the younger generation as corruption could retard the country’s progress and development.

Shailesh Kumar Yadav, City Police Commissioner, who gave away the prizes to winners of various competitions organised as part of the observation, said that lack of vigil could lead to the twin evils of corruption and crime. Those in the government sector should stick to the procedure and make written records of all their actions to reduce the scope for corruption.

A.Radhakrishnan, deputy general manager (engineering-civil), AAI, S.Subramaniam, manager, cargo, S.Sandeep Kumar, deputy commandant, Central Industrial Security Force, and A.R.Kumaran, junior executive, AAI, spoke.

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