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Both the organisations congratulated the State government, the Malabar Development Forum, and people’s representatives for pressuring the AAI to take a favourable decision. more-inIndustry bodies have welcomed the proposal of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) to consider giving permission to operate wide-bodied aircraft from the Calicut International Airport subject to a compatibility study. Members of the council urged the authorities to resume operations of more wide-bodied aircraft as the runway had been renovated and recarpeting works had been completed. The AAI and Directorate General of Civil Aviation had recommended the study to find out if Boeing B 777-200 aircraft could be operated from here. In a press release here on Tuesday, they said that it had given hopes to the development dreams of the Malabar region..