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Civil aviation ministry to develop NE airports as regional hubs
- business-standard.com -
BS Reporter / New Delhi/ Guwahati May 23, 2011, 0:30 IST
The civil aviation ministry has agreed in principle to develop Guwahati, Agartala, Imphal and Dibrugarh airports in North-East as regional hubs. To begin with, the related works for developing regional hub at Guwahati is expected to start in June.
“The Regional Hub for civil aviation at Guwahati has been a three decade old demand of the people of the region and I thank Mr. Ravi (civil aviation minister) for addressing this issue. I am hopeful that Guwahati will start functioning as a regional hub very soon,” BK Handique, DoNER minister said.
The foundation stone for the regional hub in Guwahati is expected to be laid soon in the presence of Handique and Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi. This will help in night parking of aircrafts at Guwahati and early morning operations to the interiors of the region. Both the ministries have also agreed to establish a composite training school for ground level staff for navigation and aircraft maintenance at Lilabari, Assam. Land has alreadybeen acquired by Assam government and the project will be funded by North Eastern Council (NEC).
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