Year 2009: Civil aviation in expansion mode
he government had decided to upgrade and modernise 35 non-metro airports across the country. In the first phase 10 airports (Kolkata, Hyderabad (Begumpet), Vishakhapatnam, Bhubaneswar, Lucknow, Indore, Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Guwahati and Jaipur) are being taken up for city side development through PPP mode.
The scope of city side development will focus on commercial development of property on city-side, car park and cargo operations.
Foundation stones for new integrated terminals were laid at Indore, Bhopal, Raipur, Ranchi and Vadodara airports. Foundation stone was also laid for the development of a new greenfield airport (Pakyong) in Sikkim.
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