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Govt to LS: 35 airports don't have night landing facility

Ashok Gajapathi Raju said that of 47 licensed landing airports in India 35 have not applied for night landing facility.

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New Delhi, April 6: As many as 35 functional airports in the country do not have night landing facility, Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju said on Thursday.

Ashok Gajapati Raju

Airlines have to apply to the Airports Authority of India to facilitate night landing facility in a particular airport and then process of offering the convenience starts. "There are 47 licensed landing airports in the country while 35 are yet to apply for it," he said during Question Hour in the Lok Sabha.

The Minister said improving the infrastructure, including night landing facility at the airports, was a continuous process and is undertaken by the Airports Authority of India depending upon factors like commercial viability, traffic demand, operational requirements, demand from airlines and technical feasibility.

Endorsing BJP member Abhishek Singh's statement that "airports are not for cattle grazing but for the use by the aircraft", Raju said the central government was promoting the aviation sector and it has now become fastest growing aviation market in the world.

PTI

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