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Tuesday, Jul 11, 2006
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Airlines States - Andhra Pradesh More pvt airlines eyeing Tirupati K.V. Kurmanath
Tirupati , July 10 Low-cost carrier Air Deccan will soon be followed by other private airlines in including Tirupati in their route maps. Lured by a large number of devotees thronging the most popular religious destination in the country, new generation airlines such as Kingfisher, Jagson and SpiceJet, are firming up plans to launch services to the temple town. Officials of Tirupati (Renigunta) Airport told Business Line that SpiceJet might start late night operations to the town. Tentatively, the service would connect Delhi and Tirupati via Hyderabad. Kingfisher too was in touch with the officials. "They are likely to start operations in October or November, provided they get the required permissions. They may start off with 70-seater ATRs," officials said. Another private player Jagson Airlines might launch services from Bangalore. They would, in all probability, operate a 17-seater aircraft.
Airport spruce-up
With more and more airlines getting ready to launch services, the officials have begun efforts to strengthen the airport to handle bigger aircraft and increased traffic. Mr S. Raman, Senior Manager of the airport, said a Rs 21-crore project had been launched to strengthen the runway to allow four-engined jet planes to operate. The pavement Classification Number, which denoted pavement strength, would be increased to 61 from the present 40. The officials were also preparing a plan to increase the runway length to 9,000 ft from 7,500 ft. To facilitate night operations, the AAI (Airports Authority of India) was putting in hilltop lighting on 12 hills. While lights on three hills were already there, installation of solar-powered systems on the remaining nine would be completed by July 31. "This will be operational by August 15. The lighting will help pilots recognise the airport, while negotiating the row of hills in the area," the official said. Besides, a visual circling guidance facility at a cost of Rs 40 lakh too would be installed to help the pilots locate the runway.
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