Two new flight parking bays commissioned at Mangaluru airport, to ease traffic


Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SB)

Mangaluru, Apr 25: With a view to deliver the best of services to fliers, Mangalore International Airport (MIA) under the aegis of Airport Authority of India has undertaken several development works from the past 2-3 years. Infrastructure, efficiency of officials, safety, security and facilities for passengers have been given importance.

The most recent addition is the commissioning of two new flight parking bays recently. With this, eight flights can be now parked instead of six at MIA.

Speaking to daijiworld on the project, MIA director J T Radhakrishna said, "The two new parking bays which were completed in a period of six months were commissioned on April 21. The Airport Authority of India spent an amount of Rs 4 crore for the same. As eight flights can be parked now, flight traffic will be reduced. This will attract more airline companies to operate from here. Flights need not wait for other aircraft to take off. Also, it will lead to lesser fuel consumption as flights do not need to keep circling round the airport waiting for parking space.

"The new parking bays will also avoid delay in flights' departure and arrivals. Another four parking bays are being planned which we aim to complete by 2018. Once we provide enough parking space, automatically more flights will start to operate from here. The new bays will help in handling air traffic quite smoothly," he informed.

Answering a query on the other ongoing projects he said, "We have already commissioned phase I of parallel taxi track. The construction of 1,200-metre long parallel taxi track (phase-II) is in progress. Taxi track is the stretch connecting the runway with the parking stand for aircraft in the terminal building. An aircraft uses the taxi track for entry and exit from the parking stand to the runway. With construction of parallel taxi track, the aircraft could move from the parking stand, wait in the additional taxi track and enter the runway for take-off immediately after the plane that has landed exits the runway.

"This additional taxi track particularly helps in the long run when the number of flights increases at the airport. It is operationally very important for flights' movement on ground. The works on phase II is likely to be completed by 2019. Airlines currently connect people both domestically and internationally from Mangaluru International Airport. The volume of air traffic from state's second international airport after Bengaluru is growing steadily each fiscal," he added.

Speaking on e-visa facility which began at MIA, the director said, "Passengers have started to use e-visa service. It is still in its initial stage of growth. I am expecting the service to become popular by the end of this year. Lots of passengers do not know about this facility. We need media's help to inform people about this newly launched e-visa service," he added.

  

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  • Godwin Sequeira, Mangalore/Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Wed, Apr 26 2017

    Dear Radhakrishnan,

    We, Mangaloreans in Saudi Arabia from Riyadh - are anxiously and desperately waiting to see direct flights to Mangalore by Jet Airways. Would you be able to help us? Please!!!!

    Much appreciated...

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  • Vincent Rodrigues, Katapadi/Frazer Town,Bangaluru

    Wed, Apr 26 2017

    Any steps and improvement is good to ensure better service to the commuters

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  • H.A.Sayed, Udupi- Muscat

    Wed, Apr 26 2017

    Mr. Radhakrishna, please start from Muscat to Mangalore Jet Auirways and Indigo

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  • dinesh shetty, Nitte/Dubai

    Wed, Apr 26 2017

    Rather than spending on a table top Airport, better to handover the Bajpe Airport to defense and build a New state of art Airport around Mulki.

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  • Amar Nathal, Mangalore

    Wed, Apr 26 2017

    Dinesh, for now your suggestion would probably considered ridiculous, but rest assured, after 50 years that would certainly be accepted as obvious and long overdue. Most of our leaders have not seen best International Airports and as a result you keep seeing this patchwork.

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  • Pradeep, Dubai/Mangalore

    Tue, Apr 25 2017

    When will they introduce one more conveyor belt at the arrivals of the international flights? It is a very congested place & suitable for just one flight. Now a days both Jet & Air India Express land at the same time in the mornings & passengers will have to wait for a very long time to collect their luggage. It is not at all international standards...very bad planning with no future plans!

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  • Rob Stan, Udupi / US

    Tue, Apr 25 2017

    Since there are so many International airports within such a short distance, the airport director needs to think out of box and plan for long term future. We cannot just think about our domestic carriers's which are not much financially well. There is very less margin in aircraft business. We need to look for airline operators from countries where they have oil and other sources of income. The airline companies that are doing very well are Qatar airways, Etihad, Emirates Airlines & Singapore Airlines since they don't depend on airline profit and for them travel & tourism & business is where they concentrate. They operate from their home base and connect to several international destinations. These are the airlines which are going to stay in the long run. These airlines connect to different international destinations with larger aircraft and they need big runway to land with some safety area where the runway ends. So we need to think in these terms rather than thinking short term like taxi-way, taxi parking and taxi stand.

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  • Amith, USA

    Tue, Apr 25 2017

    Let the Kannur Int'l Airport open, thereafter only Dakotas will land in Mangalore.

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  • Anand, Surathkal

    Wed, Apr 26 2017

    Dear Amith,
    Good idea. During your next visit to Mangalore you can take a A 380 and land in Kannur and then spend another 5 hours to reach your home in Mangalore.
    We will manage with Dakotas.

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  • Arthur Ronald Dsouza, BELMAN /ABU DHABI

    Tue, Apr 25 2017

    IT is one oldest Airport in India and the credit goes to Centre l and State government which was ruled by Congress and with the special influence of PAIS off KMC and Syndicate bank. I still remember going to the Bajpe Airport 1960. to receive my father my God father and grand father.

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  • Santosh, Mangalore

    Tue, Apr 25 2017

    Same time making parking places for vehicles in the smart City also

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  • Dayanand Bangera, Katapady / Abu Dhabi

    Tue, Apr 25 2017

    To the Air Port Management - Now if 2 International flights lands with a short gap, people have to wait so many hours to get baggage.....because of one belt........Is this a proper planning for International Airport ?
    From Abu Dhabi Jet airways and Air India Express depart with a small difference of time and lands also with a small gap of time....for whose benefit ? You all must be knowing all this and smart people must be operating International Airport....hope you all take necessary steps.....

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  • Ronald D, Udupi

    Wed, Apr 26 2017

    Well said Dayanand Bangera. We really need at least two luggage conveyor belts and two scanners for incoming passengers. On the other hand, If entry and exit area is disciplined at the airport terminal building entrance, it will give a better look to the airport. At the moment there is no straight passage! Vehicles to drop and pick need to make awkward u turn to create a major bottle neck and chaos! Rainy season is at it worst!! I wonder why airport authorities have let this situation go unattended!

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  • Evans Christopher Sumitra, Udupi/ New York, USA.

    Tue, Apr 25 2017

    This is fantastic news. These two new flight parking bays will save a lot of time for take-off and landings of flights at Mangaluru airport.

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  • Nithin Poojary, Mangalore

    Tue, Apr 25 2017

    j.anata, mangaluru / bengaluru.........You guys are so quick to give credit to your boss in 7 RCR, A mother gives birth to a child after taking care for 9 months in her wound, gives the child education and makes him good citizen after marriage the wife takes care of him. Thats natural. But you guys only give credit to the wife and discard the Mother. Mangalore Airport was given birth during Congress govt, built during Congress govt whether it may be old terminal or the new one. Just two new parking bays are built by the Modi govt and you guys behave has if there was no airport in Mangalore before May-2014.

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  • j.anata, mangaluru / bengaluru

    Tue, Apr 25 2017

    Of late, Acche Din for Mangaluru International Airport

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  • Bharath, Udupi

    Tue, Apr 25 2017

    Jai ho Sidduji

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Tue, Apr 25 2017

    Why no toll for Aircraft's ...

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  • Ravi Shankar, Mangalore

    Tue, Apr 25 2017

    When are they going extend the runway length to enable bigger flight to land. Or the proposal which was in discussion for long time has been totally abandoned?

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  • Ronald, Mangalore

    Tue, Apr 25 2017

    It is a table tennis court, no extension only competition.

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