Tamil Nadu news capsule: Chennai airport runway, AIADMK tussle, new CJ for Madras HC

Main Chennai Airport runway to be extended

The main runway at the Meenambakkam airport is set to be extended to 4.058 km paving the way for wide-bodied aircraft like the Airbus A-380 series, which has three decks of floors, to use the international airport, where passenger traffic had been increasing by the day, forcing the authorities to look for a site to construct a second airport for Chennai.