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| India's First Private Airport Likel |
| India's First Private Airport Likely to Start Operations Next Month
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| INDIA
, 16-March-2015
13:6:54 PM |
| India's first private greenfield airport at Durgapur, promoted by Bengal Aerotropolis Projects Ltd or BAPL, is likely to be operational by April 14.
"The final calibration of navigational aids at the airport by Airport Authority is done. Now, we expect to get final DGCA licence in a month," state Transport Secretary Alapan Bandopadhyay said in Durgapur today.
In all probability, the airport, christened Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport, will be operational from April 14, the first day of Bengali calendar, BAPL officials said.
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The West Bengal government has 1.2 per cent stake in BAPL, and Singapore's Changi Airport is the single largest shareholder in the airport.
Bandyopadhyay said Pinnacle Air, a non-scheduled airline, will begin its operations from Durgapur four days a week connecting Bagdogra, Coochbehar, Durgapur and Kolkata soon after getting license from DGCA.
BAPL managing director Partha Ghosh said the company is in negotiations with IndiGo and GoAir for scheduled flights connecting Delhi-Durgapur including Air India and non-schedule airline Air Coasta for connecting for southern cities like Hyderabad and Bangalore.
Air Costa may connect these two south Indian cities four days a week.
However, the final agreement will depend on concessions the Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport offers.
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