Leh Airport Terminal Update: On Tuesday, Union Minister of Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya Scindia announced that the new airport terminal in the district of Leh, Ladakh, is likely to become operational by the month of December next year. This was conveyed by the Civil Aviation Union Minister to Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh R K Mathur during a recent virtual meeting. The meeting was held to discuss the progress of ongoing as well as new civil aviation projects for better air connectivity in the region. The new airport terminal at Leh, in the Union Territory of Ladakh may become operational by December 2022, the Civil Aviation Minister was quoted saying in a PTI report.
According to the report, Scindia also agreed to a civil enclosure’s development at Thoise Airport, which is considered the air lifeline to the world’s highest as well as coldest battlefield, by the AAI once land for the project is made available. The minister noted that a team will visit the Union Territory of Ladakh shortly to technically evaluate locations for additional airstrips in Leh district. The Union Minister, as an interim solution, has agreed to look at the possibility of operationalising commercial flight services with smaller jet planes to Kargil.
