Hubli airport to get night landing facility
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
13 Nov, 2006 2351hrs IST
(photo source: AAI)
HUBLI: The recent wedding of civil aviation minister Praful Patel's daughter with the son of former minister R V Deshpande's son may prove to be a blessing for Hubli airport. It may get night landing facility for wide-bodied aircraft sooner than expected.
During a brief stopover here on his way to Haliyal to attend the wedding reception last weekend, Patel had assured a delegation of Karnataka Chamber of Commerce and Industry that the facility will be in place in another fortnight or so. Absence of night landing and take-off facility had prevented private airlines from starting regular flights from Hubli. Airports Authority of India has been entrusted with the job, but the work has been delayed for long.
Enthused by this, Kingfisher Airlines chief Vijay Mallya, who also touched down here while returning after attending the reception, said he will start services linking Hubli with Bangalore and Delhi by November-end.
Mallya said he planned one service in the morning from Bangalore to Hubli and back. Another service will be from Bangalore to Delhi,which will stop over at Hubli on the return trip in the evening to take Bangalore-bound passengers.
As per the revised master plan, AAI will require 446 acres of additional land to upgrade the Hubli airport to allweather, night landing complaint facility capable of taking wide-bodied jets like Air-bus A-320s.
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
13 Nov, 2006 2351hrs IST
(photo source: AAI)HUBLI: The recent wedding of civil aviation minister Praful Patel's daughter with the son of former minister R V Deshpande's son may prove to be a blessing for Hubli airport. It may get night landing facility for wide-bodied aircraft sooner than expected.
During a brief stopover here on his way to Haliyal to attend the wedding reception last weekend, Patel had assured a delegation of Karnataka Chamber of Commerce and Industry that the facility will be in place in another fortnight or so. Absence of night landing and take-off facility had prevented private airlines from starting regular flights from Hubli. Airports Authority of India has been entrusted with the job, but the work has been delayed for long.
Enthused by this, Kingfisher Airlines chief Vijay Mallya, who also touched down here while returning after attending the reception, said he will start services linking Hubli with Bangalore and Delhi by November-end.
Mallya said he planned one service in the morning from Bangalore to Hubli and back. Another service will be from Bangalore to Delhi,which will stop over at Hubli on the return trip in the evening to take Bangalore-bound passengers.
As per the revised master plan, AAI will require 446 acres of additional land to upgrade the Hubli airport to allweather, night landing complaint facility capable of taking wide-bodied jets like Air-bus A-320s.
