The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture has asked the Civil Aviation Ministry to impress upon the Indian Air Force (IAF) to install CAT-II and CAT-III instrument landing systems at the Srinagar airport “at the earliest”.
Absence of CAT-II or CAT-III facility, which is a radio navigation system that provides guidance to aircraft to approach a runway at night or in bad weather, at the airport hampered the flow of tourists to the Kashmir valley, the committee said in its report tabled in the Rajya Sabha today. The report said the committee was dismayed to note that regular delay in flight operations and cancellation of flights occurred at Srinagar airport due to non-availability of CAT-II or CAT-III facility.
