AAI invites bids for airport expansion work

Airport Authority of India (AAI) has invited bids for soil investigation, a basic work required for expansion of the Kolhapur airport. The total cost of the work has been quoted at Rs 797,200.The basic work has to be completed in a month´s time. Once completed, the main works such as increasing the length of the airport, expanding the width of the runway, construction of an air-traffic tower and more rooms for the staff will be undertaken. AAI will develop the airport, which will come up on 223 hectare at Ujalaiwadi near the city. Aircraft such as A-320 can land at the airport. It will have a 2,500-m-long runway for night landing and taxing route for handling multiple flights. Contact: Airports Authority of India. Tel: 011-2463 2950. Website: www.aai.aero