Building new airport in outskirts of Pune inconvenient for people, expansion of existing one important: MP Girish Bapat

Pune MP and chairman of airport advisory committee Girish Bapat said on Thursday that developing a new airport in the outskirts of Pune will cause inconvenience for the public and vouched for an expansion of the existing airport at Lohegaon.

The proposed sites for the new airport at Purandar, Rajgurunagar or Supe would make it inconvenient for the people in Pune as they will have to travel far out of the city to catch a flight, he said.

Addressing the media after a meeting at the Pune airport, Bapat said that by 2022-end, the expanded terminal building at the Pune airport will be ready to use and that will lead to doubling of its capacity.