Mangalore : New Terminal - Inauguration on Saturday - Operations in Early June
Daijiworld Media Network—Mangalore (CN)
Mangalore, May 14: The inauguration of the much-awaited new terminal building of Mangalore airport is scheduled to be held on Saturday May 15. Praful Patel, union minister of state for civil aviation, will inaugurate it.
“The new terminal building is closer by seven kilometers than the old terminal from the city and is easier for commuters to access. The dream of the people of this area will be realized with the inauguration”, said V P Agarwal, chairman, Airports Authority of India.
“The airport will start operations from the first week of June this year. The airport will operate as a customs airport and infrastructure facilities will be upgraded to that of an international airport”, he said, adding that the new terminal building has two aerobridges among other facilities.
“The Mangalore airport has witnessed growth every year. The total cost of the new airport is approximately Rs 250 crore”, said Agarwal. He thanked the state government for co-operating with the land acquisition.
“The one access road provided by the state government is not wide enough”, he said.
“There will be 16 flights operating from the airport and the old terminal will be used for cargo service or aviation education purposes”, said Agarwal adding that nothing has been decided yet and if it is to be used for cargo, there are two options—one is belly cargo and another one is dedicated cargo.
“Mysore airport will also be inaugurated on Saturday. The AAI will take up the work on Hubli and Belgaum airports after the inauguration of Mangalore and Mysore”, said the chairman, prioritizing Hubli.
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