kannur airport

The India Meteorological Department has issued a heat and humidity warning for 12 districts in Kerala, with temperatures expected to rise 2-3 degrees above normal until Tuesday. Yellow alerts are in place for districts like Palakkad, anticipating temperatures around 38°C.

Chief minister Oommen Chandy had on Saturday said the runway would be increased to 3,400 metres from the initially planned 3,050 metres to allow bigger aircraft to operate from the upcoming airport.

The kannur airport would be commissioned in September this year and the civil work would be completed by April-May, said Kannur International Airport Limited (KIAL) managing director V Thulasidas.

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has granted airport licence to the upcoming kannur airport.

The state cabinet approved a financial action plan of Rs 133 crore for the kannur airport.

Though it was agreed in September 2012 that 783 acres would be acquired for the third phase of land acquisition for kannur airport, the land owners who signed the agreement are yet to get their compensation.

As Kannur International Airport (Kial) gets ready for commissioning with its finishing touches in the final stage, Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) will take charge of the security within the next few days.

A controversy has erupted over BJP president Amit Shah landing in the yet to be opened kannur airport, with a Kerala minister slamming him on Sunday for threatening to oust the LDF government despite it allowing him to arrive there as part of state's 'tradition of hospitality.'

The number of domestic and international passengers who would be using the proposed kannur airport would touch 2.94 million in 2021, according to a detailed project report prepared by the Cochin International Airport Limited (Cial).

With the appointment of the new consultancy, the work on the Mattanur airport will start soon and it is likely to become operational in 2015, said managing director V Thulasidas.

Umrah pilgrimage from Kerala is severely disrupted due to large-scale flight cancellations amid Middle East conflict. Hundreds of pilgrims face cancelled departures and stranded return journeys, impacting advance bookings and hotel payments. The limited Umrah season window and upcoming Haj pilgrimage add to the urgency and financial concerns for operators.

The first plane to land on the upcoming kannur airport touched down on Monday morning.

Amidst the uncertainty over the development of the road to kannur airport from Kannur town, the action committee formed by the residents against the proposed Greenfield road has decided to strengthen its protest, saying that the project is no longer relevant as the Union ministry of surface transport has decided to develop the existing road as National Highway 17.

With the Union environment ministry on Friday granting formal clearance to Kannur international airport, work is expected to begin soon.

Earlier the purchase committee had decided to give a minimum of Rs 45,000 per cent, while the upper limit was Rs 64,000.

Dreams around kannur airport are taking shape in north Malabar. The boost to rail and road linkages that the airport project will entail has made the trade bodies buoyant.

Kial officials said the DPR needs many rectifications.After Cial submitted the DPR, a team of aviation experts had visited the airport site at Mattannur on behalf of Kial.