Mumbai New ATC tower ready for use

The new Air-Traffic Control (ATC) tower at the Mumbai airport is finally ready for use. Mumbai International Airport Ltd has handed over the new tower to the Airports Authority of India for ATC equipment testing and installations. Further to this, ATC will take a month to start handling flight movements from the new location and another month for a final takeover. The full set-up, complete with offices, will be moved to the tower by the end of November. Equipment supplier SAS begins operations at Free Trade Zone in Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Hyderabad. Work order for building the Kannur airport  slated to be the fourth international airport in Kerala enters the last phase and will be awarded soon. AAI offers 30-year contract of Chennai, Lucknow airports as part of privatisation. The Government disapproves airport development fee post its poll-eve decision to privatise six more AAI airports. Defence ministry likely to transfer land for Trichy airport runway expansion.