Expansion of Mangaluru airport runway not feasible: Hardeep Puri
The Civil Aviation Ministry has said that expansion of the runway at the Mangaluru airport is not feasible.
Replying to queries by Nalin Kumar Kateel, BY Raghavendra and DK Suresh in the Lok Sabha on Thursday, Hardeep Singh Puri, Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation (Independent Charge), said that the runway expansion at Mangaluru is not possible due to huge land fillings, high cost and operational challenges.
The Ministry had received a proposal from the local MLA to construct a new runway at the Mangaluru airport for wide-bodied aircraft. The local MLA had said the existing runway could be used for smaller aircraft, he said.
