New facilities at airport

By Our Staff Reporter

HYDERABAD, AUG. 7. A new car park, air-conditioning of the domestic terminal, vending machines, ice-cream parlours and ATMs are some of the new facilities being provided at the Begumpet airport for the travellers' convenience.

In an informal chat with presspersons here on Monday, the Airport Director, Mr. Bimal K. Srivastava, said the new car park to be ready next year would have the capacity to hold nearly 300 cars. Two more hangers for the aircraft and aerobridges are being set up and the runway length was being increased "within the existing boundary walls" to accommodate landing of heavy payload jumbos.

The Airport Authority of India (AAI) would be spending close to Rs. 40 crores for taking up developmental works. About the high entrance and parking fees being charged at the airport, Mr. Srivastava said uniform rates throughout the country were fixed by the AAI with the idea to provide better amenities to the travellers with the money generated.

The Director admitted that more international flights to the city meant extra pressure on the infrastructure but the available space was being put to optimum use. And, what happens when the international airport comes up at Shamshabad? "The airport would be shifted," he said.

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