Engineers and technicians from the communication, navigation and surveillance (CNS) wing of Airports Authority of India (AAI) began installing navigational equipment at Andal airport near Durgapur on Monday. This is the final component for the facility to become operational.
Airport developer Bengal Aerotropolis Projects Ltd (BAPL) has sought for permission to operate Airbus A320 or Boeing B737 (Category 4C) aircraft from Andal, christened Kaji Nazrul Islam Airport by Mamata Banerjee. But it can only make the final application after the airport is absolutely ready to handle flights.The private airport operator, as well as the state government, is keen on launching its first commercial flight on April 15 — Poila Baisakh.
Sena has proposed that the calibration aircraft be requisitioned on March 12 so that the equipment is tested, fine-tuned and ready for operation by March 15, giving the operator a month to pursue DGCA for the license.
However, if the licensing process gets delayed, BAPL may consider operating a demo flight with a Czech-made twin-engine, short-range LET 410 aircraft. While the major work, including construction of runway, passenger terminal and air traffic control tower-cum-administration facility, has been complete for a while, relocation of high tension power lines that ran across the runway delayed installation of navigational aids, including VVOR and instrument landing system (ILS), which includes localizer, vertical glide slope and precision approach path indicator (PAPI).
BAPL director Partha Ghosh said the 200KV line has been relocated and the new line was charged. “The line passing over the runway has been deactivated and wires have been removed. The towers have been dismantled,” he said.
Airport developer Bengal Aerotropolis Projects Ltd (BAPL) has sought for permission to operate Airbus A320 or Boeing B737 (Category 4C) aircraft from Andal, christened Kaji Nazrul Islam Airport by Mamata Banerjee. But it can only make the final application after the airport is absolutely ready to handle flights.The private airport operator, as well as the state government, is keen on launching its first commercial flight on April 15 — Poila Baisakh.
Sena has proposed that the calibration aircraft be requisitioned on March 12 so that the equipment is tested, fine-tuned and ready for operation by March 15, giving the operator a month to pursue DGCA for the license.
However, if the licensing process gets delayed, BAPL may consider operating a demo flight with a Czech-made twin-engine, short-range LET 410 aircraft. While the major work, including construction of runway, passenger terminal and air traffic control tower-cum-administration facility, has been complete for a while, relocation of high tension power lines that ran across the runway delayed installation of navigational aids, including VVOR and instrument landing system (ILS), which includes localizer, vertical glide slope and precision approach path indicator (PAPI).
BAPL director Partha Ghosh said the 200KV line has been relocated and the new line was charged. “The line passing over the runway has been deactivated and wires have been removed. The towers have been dismantled,” he said.
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