New terminal of Mangalore airport not to open on Tuesday

New terminal of Mangalore airport not to open on Tuesday

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangalore, June 02: The Rs 180 crore new integrated terminal of the Bajpe airport here will not be open for domestic and international flight operations from Tuesday.

Union minister of state for civil aviation Praful Patel and Airport Authority of India chairman V P Agarwal had announced June 1 as the date, on which the new terminal will be open.

Bajpe airport General manager Peter Abraham on Monday told TOI that due to the Air India Boeing tragedy of May 22, the shifting operations had received a set back. During the inauguration of the new integrated terminal building on May 15, Patel had also said the length of existing runway will be extended by a further 1,000 feet to take its total length to 9,000 feet at the earliest.