Surat airport runway to be upgraded
September 05, 2014
Surat, 5 September 2014
Airport Authority of India(AAI) has approved Rs. 50 crore amount for up gradation of Surat airport runway. Width of runway which is 2250 meter at present will be scaled up to 3500 meter with this amount. The total cost of expansion is Rs. 200 crore. Of this Rs. 50 crore amount has been allotted for initial works. Tenders in this regard will be released soon. For take off and landing of international flight and cargo planes, the airport needs 3000 meter runway. Presently it is 2250 meter wide which is suitable for 189 seater 373 Boeing plane. It should be mentioned that during his recent visit to Delhi, state Finance minister Saurabh Patel had visited union Civil Aviation minister and requested him to give status of international airport to Surat and Vadodara.
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