‘Thoothukudi airport expansion to be over by 2023’
The Hindu
‘Bigger aircrafts can land and take off with ease’
THOOTHUKUDI
The ₹ 380-crore expansion works under way at Thoothukudi airport should, in all probability, get over by 2023, according to Airport Director N. Subramanian.
Speaking to reporters here on Saturday, he said that senior officials from the AAI, led by Southern Regional General Manager Srikrishna, inspected the works. Replying to queries, he said a 600-seating capacity passenger terminal was under construction. The expansion works included a 1400-metre-long and spacious fire station on the airport premises and an Air Traffic Control (ATC) room.
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