GUWAHATI: The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has received a proposal to develop a new greenfield airport in Silchar, Union minister of state in charge of civil aviation, Hardeep Singh Puri said in the Lok Sabha.
Puri said that the AAI has already requested the Assam Government to share the land details for a ‘pre-feasibility’ study.
Puri added that the civil aviation department has also granted an ‘in-principle approval’ for setting up a new greenfield airport at Hollongi in Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh. “For Hollongi airport, AAI has started preparing the bidding documents,” he stated.
Notabely Silchar airport is one of the busiest airport after the Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International (LGBI) Airport in Guwahati.
