The Hindu Business Line : Sahara airport, Birla heliport proposals may be approved soon

New Delhi, April 25 The Cabinet decision to allow private airports and heliports to come up will give a boost to Sahara Group’s private airport project at Amby Valley in Maharashtra, the Vedanta Aluminium airport project in Kalahandi and the heliport being planned by Aditya Birla Hospital in Pune.

Official sources told Business Line that these are among the 10 private airport and heliport projects that are pending with the Government and are expected to be cleared soon as the new airport policy was cleared by the Cabinet on Thursday.

The new airport policy, cleared by the Cabinet, proposes that a new airport coming up more than 150 km from an existing airport will not require prior approval of the Centre.

Similarly, all proposals for construction of private airports/airstrips/helipads for private use will be decided by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation and will not need Cabinet clearance.

Asked how a private airport was different from a greenfield airport, officials said that any airport coming up which is not being used for commercial activity will be called a private airport or heliport.

“Just because a private airport has been set up by one industrial house does not mean that another industrial house cannot use it.

“Any private aircraft can land as long as the owners of the airport do not have any objection.

“No commercial flight will, however, be allowed at these airports,” said a Government official.

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