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AAI writes to govt. seeking land for runway expansion
- | Tuesday | 12th September, 2017
“While on weekdays the airline registered 60% passenger load factor, on weekends the load factor is more than 70%. Major hurdles: Sources in the AAI are not upbeat about the expansion of the Puducherry airport runway in the wake of huge cost involved. The runway ends near the border of Tamil Nadu and any expansion would need cooperation from that State. The last expansion of the runway from 1,222 metres to its present size was done in 2007 after the territorial administration handed over 20 hectares of land to AAI. For an aircraft operating under UDAN scheme, the present load factor is reasonably sufficient,” an employee of SpiceJet told The Hindu.
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