Kolhapur likely to get air link to Shirdi: Satej Patil

KOLHAPUR: District guardian minister Satej Patil visited the Kolhapur airport on Friday to conduct a review meeting regarding the ongoing airport expansion and development works.
Kolhapur is likely to get air connectivity with Shirdi airport, he said.
“Kolhapur-Shirdi flight service will start once the Kolhapur-Mumbai flight service begins. Our plan is to start Kolhapur-Mumbai flight service in the morning.Accordingly, we had a positive discussion with flight service operators. We have also asked the Kolhapur-Ahmedabad flight service operator to provide the service daily.” he added.
Various issues regarding airport expansion, land acquisition, night landing facility, cargo service, runway extension were discussed in the meeting conducted by Patil.
Orders have been given to increase the number of workers for the under-construction airport terminal building and carry out the construction work in two shifts in order to complete the work by April 2022.
Kolhapur airport has received the IFR licence, wherein flights can land and take off even in low visibility of more than 3,000 m.