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Mangaluru International airport to get major facelift

  •   Fri, Oct 30 2015 08:44:29 AM

Daijiworld Media Network-Mangaluru (RJP)

Mangaluru, Oct 30: Mangaluru International Airport will get a new control tower, a parallel taxi way and a primary radar very soon.

This was revealed by airport director J T Radhakrishna in a press meet at Mangaluru International Airport here on Thursday October 29.

Radhakrishna said that the installation of the new radar will help in safe take-off and landing of airplanes even during bad weather. The airport has already procured the equipment and the work to install it will commence in the New Year in a separate building.

At present there are six parking bases at the airport. Work to construct three more will be completed by June next year. Two additional parallel taxiways will be constructed by March next year which will help in operation of more flights. The work on the exit road too will be completed by January.

Radhakrishna also said that the air traffic has increased by 20 per cent in the last six months with a total of 13 lac passengers travelling during this period. The airport has started operating a new daily Jet Airways flight to New Delhi at 7.30 am from October 25. Currently, 23 average airplanes operate from and to Mangaluru with 50 trips. The passenger traffic is expected to cross 15 lac this year.

The extension of a runway will be done subject to the procurement of land. The state government help has been sought in this regard. A request has also been made to the government to develop the road from the Konkan railway bridge till Maravoor.


World Quality Commitment (WQC) Award

Mangaluru International Airport was awarded the World Quality Commitment (WQC) award at Paris, France and Radhakrishna received the award on October 25.The award was presented by the Business Initiative Directions (BID) and the criteria of quality, leadership and excellence have been taken into consideration. The BID has recognised the airport based on the data provided by the Airport Council, and has presented the award based on the Total Quality Management model QC 100 of the airport. During the last year, the customer satisfaction index has improved from 4.35 to 4.82. Also, the airport has been given 4.92 points out of 5 in cleanliness.
  

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  • Py poojary, Mangalore

    Mon, May 16 2016

    Sir,
    I forgot to mention that like gvk lounge in Mumbai international airport resembles to that of Jaipur palace interiors that palace later on turned into hotels not considered museum mauryan Gupta style and peshwa Maratha stlye in each section of terminal 2 must not resmble to museum like in gvk lounge u feel like Jaipur Royal era same thing u find for Gupta mauryan royal architectural lounge and peshwa maratha Royal architectural lounge mentioned earlier comments column.these lounges r not musuems
    These r the missed out statements
    Wishing u all the best for Mangalore airport to hold 1 St rank among world airports and be called all rounder in all services stated before in coming years

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  • P Y Poojary, Mangalore

    Sun, May 15 2016

    Sir
    Congrats to hear about major face lifts of our Mangalore international airport we as citizen too interested about to known terminals of this international airport can each terminal have interior traditional and international interior design foreg that of Mumbai international airport terminal airport 2 section wise like one section louge is having interiors of Jaipur palace ie converted later into hotels other have look of as architectural interior design ofgupta palace and 3rd having architecture interior design of ajanta ellore caves and last one having finally architectural interior design of peshwa Maratha palace one side and international interior design on other and have vast no of duty free shops seen in Delhi international airport
    Waiting for Mangalore international airport to have grade A tag all over the world in all aspects eg flight service parking area security roads next to airport customer service and last greenery with flower gardens and trees like of mango jackfruit etc little away from airport to mark beauty of airport waiting for major
    Facelift
    Your sincere citizen of Mangalore

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  • ash, mnglr

    Sun, Nov 01 2015

    THEY ARE PLANNING TO FACELIFT NOW,BUT WITHOUT ALL THESE INFRASTRUCTURE HOW MANGALORE AIRPORT GOT WQC AWARD.

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  • Dolphy Vas, Moodbidri/Abu Dhabi

    Sat, Oct 31 2015

    Well done, Air Traffic is improving and Director and officials are planning improvement.Did Authorities carried our Projected Passengers Traffic study for the Next 10-20 years?
    That is what required when u plan the Expansion and improvement. A Master plan for the next 20 years.
    I do agree with readers comments about settlement on the Road at the approach road. It will gradually increase and one day suddenly the road will collapse. I hope immediate action would be taken.
    Also the Luggage collection area for international Flights should be redesigned. It is totally congested at the moment. Even passengers cannot get down from escalators.
    We have to appreciate good work done by the director along with Constructive inputs.

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  • antony arun, mangalore

    Sat, Oct 31 2015

    Congratulations.Did any official or anyone noticed 2 adjacent road slabsthat have sunk by 3 inches at entry point of airport road near Kenjar?Another big pot hole near Maravoor?These 2 places have become death trap for airport users.When we are improving?Why any officials from AAI or CPWD or Corporation is reporting this?which world commitment Award?

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  • Francis Rego, Mangalore / Abu Dhabi

    Sat, Oct 31 2015

    I congratulate the Mangalore Airport Officials for the WQC award!!!
    Moreover, your continuous efforts in improving the Airport infrastructure are really praiseworthy. It is remarkable job from your end! After the incident (accident) of 2010, great efforts are made to ensure Mangalore Airport a safer, efficient one. I wish you success and hope Mangalore Airport will become a full-fledged international Airport indeed.

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  • Ronald D, udupi

    Sat, Oct 31 2015

    Well Wisher, you said it right about poor roads! My addition towards improvement list is Baggage collection area!! Too cramped....no room for any movement!! looks like poor planners of the airport totally forgot that passengers carry luggage too!! They woke up last minute and made a luggage belt most unscientific and like a sharing bachelor room of Gulf!! What do you say.....Mr.airport director J T Radhakrishna !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  • anonymous, india

    Fri, Oct 30 2015

    Program now to make MANGALORE intrl airport as a AIRPORT CITY..
    Build infra accordingly...
    for this you need British: or German:Japanese or the Singaporeans..
    for the future..state of art.
    bring in experts ..keep all politicians away from this project...
    keep professionals .experts only till complete..
    Even the Army can help build the needed infrastructure.. tunnels etc.
    Plan like Dubai.. France: London Heathrow: Frankfurt: in the making..

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  • Rajesh Pandit, Mangalore

    Fri, Oct 30 2015

    The exit road from the terminal has already taken 2 yrs. It will take another year with the pace it is going through.

    Also I would like to know as to why only taxi's are allowed to park next to the terminal ( fly over )and not private cars ?? Is the taxi mafia controlling the airport ?? Can we get an answer ??

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  • shaan, manglore/dubai

    Fri, Oct 30 2015

    Welcome

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  • well wisher, Bedra

    Fri, Oct 30 2015

    new tower. new radar, oh my dear Radhakrishna, before this think of building wide roads to the airport, good parking area, if this is done, your new radar plan/ new tower plan will shine.

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  • S N BANGS, Thannirubhavi

    Fri, Oct 30 2015

    What ever good facilities provided by you is negated by robbing pri-paid taxi men.Without any other option passengers are at their mercy.Can somebody do some thing about it?

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  • Alwyn Crasta, Mangalore/Bangalore

    Fri, Oct 30 2015

    Keep up the good work. But, first priority has to be given to
    'safety first'.

    All other good things will automatically follow.

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  • zalak, mangalore

    Fri, Oct 30 2015

    Weldon but the staffs are misbehaving with the passengers, that is the reason most of the people arrive to bengaluru of bombay airport

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  • Valerian D'souza, Udupi / Mumbai

    Fri, Oct 30 2015

    Good, appreciated.
    Something good happens at our place and to our people.
    Somewhere our people are lucky. Wherever our people are more, we find good educational institutions, banks, hotels etc.

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  • DBS, Udupi

    Fri, Oct 30 2015

    The first and foremost thing is to extend the runway on a priority basis because nobody want another similar incident. Then the Government will be blamed. God only save us.

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  • abdulla, india

    Fri, Oct 30 2015

    invite Experts from Changi international airport singapore.. or Hongkong airport : to give proper face lift .. improvement to this existing Skeletal structure...and for future expansion plans..
    connect the city with Shuttles or metro or railways,...
    build FREE ZONE... COLD STORAGE..chiller storage.. etc.
    to export of Flowers.. meat..perishables.
    In free zones start : exporting Costume jewellery: gold : jewellery etc.

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  • Amin Bhoja, Patte / Riyadh

    Fri, Oct 30 2015

    A Good news to the Mangalore airport and to the Air travelers too but a dilemma how the Indian buffallow enters the runway!!!

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  • Wilson , Yekkar / Dubai

    Fri, Oct 30 2015

    Congratulations to the airport authority. It is a good news. Still more improvements required to maintain/get the awards . All the best. What's the rank for Gold collected by the Customs ?

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  • Concerened Indian, canada

    Fri, Oct 30 2015

    What happens to the gold collected by mangalore customs ?
    We hear mangalore customs police expert in catching gold.
    Anyone accounts the amounts of Gold collected and hope this does not go to the wrong hands.

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  • j.anata, Mangaluru / Bengaluru

    Fri, Oct 30 2015

    Yesterday someone was asking why no improvement in Mangalore Airport - here is the answer.

    By the way, Mangalore is among the top 5 fast growing airports in India, beating southern competitors like Coimbatore, Visakhapatnam, Madurai & Northern airports like Ahmedabad, Chandigarh, Jaipur and Amritsar!!

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  • abdul sattar, Moolur/Jeddah

    Fri, Oct 30 2015

    It is proud to say us that the Mangalore International airport is benefiting neighbour state Kerala also coz Kasargod passengers are benefiting from this airport not only illegal activities but also excellent service to Haj pilgrims by connecting from Calicut to Jeddah International Airport. Further we express our will to travel from mangalore to Jeddah directly as per your count of passenger will increase because of Umrah and Haj pilgrims with other regular passengers who were now travelling via Mumbai International Airport.

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  • Aubb, Kuwait

    Fri, Oct 30 2015


    Abdul Sattar,

    Kannoor airport will open very soon!!

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  • JANARDHANA ACHARYA, BANGALORE/UDUPI/GURUGUNDI

    Fri, Oct 30 2015

    It is one of the finest places on earth. The jealousy Indian other regional lobby forcing the people to take Bangalore route. May be some other jealousy airlines also. When it stuck it oozes.

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  • vijay m, mangaluru

    Fri, Oct 30 2015

    Good Work. congratulations to the airport authority.
    As it is said international airport some things are yet to be improved.
    1. A good runway to land Boeing flights
    2. Maintenance around the airport like park, garden etc
    3. A good road. Present airport road is like corporation dumping yard road. its not fit to be called as airport road. Visit kochi to see the airport road
    4. Have some domestic flights. so need not go to bengaluru to catch goa flight

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  • Concerned Indian, Canada

    Fri, Oct 30 2015

    Whatever tag given still stigma still remains. Mangalore airport is still not safe.

    Qty of people does not mean anything unless quality of service offered is shown in action.

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Fri, Oct 30 2015

    Can I fly direct to USA or Europe - Just say Yes/No ...

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Fri, Oct 30 2015

    I knew this was the effect of Narendra Modi ...

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  • Raj Rao, mlore

    Fri, Oct 30 2015

    So you want them to start a direct flight for 10-20 people? weekly?
    If you want go to Mumbai/delhi and fly from there or even better fly to dubai and go via emirates.

    And,when its on loss you will post, "I knew this would happen"

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  • j.anata, Mangaluru / Bengaluru

    Fri, Oct 30 2015

    Jossey, you can fly to USA, UK, Europe via Super Connector Airports in Middle East like Abu Dhabi, Doha, Dubai & Bahrain. In the Far East sector, Singapore is the biggest Super Connector airport.Most offer a very small transit time & its more like direct flights only!

    From India, Only Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore have direct flights to USA by Air India, Lufthansa to Europe and British Airways to UK

    Its not economically viable to have these long haul flights from Mangalore, which incidentally has excellent connecting flights to Super Connecting Airports in Middle East compared to most North Indian or East Indian cities, so Cheer Up!

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Fri, Oct 30 2015

    j.anata, I have to wait like a crow at Mumbai/Delhi/Dubai/Abu Dhabi/Doha/Kuwait.
    India is shining ...

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  • Raj Rao, Mangalore

    Fri, Oct 30 2015

    Then , hire a charter flight for yourself :)

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Fri, Oct 30 2015

    Raj Rao, just like your FEKU ...

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  • j.anata, Mangaluru / Bengaluru

    Fri, Oct 30 2015

    Amused at your criticism, and not keeping the Mangalorean beacon over self styled politico that you are with utter inner frustrations showing very clearly though this state is unfortunately governed by those who are NOT GIVING our motherland, the coastal districts its due share of prosperity or administrative controls....

    Wish for your dream to come true!!

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  • Peter, Badhyar / Bankok

    Fri, Oct 30 2015

    GOOD LUCK. Best wishes for more laurels in the near future.

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