INDIAN GOVERNMENT PROMISES PUSH TO MAKE NEW KERALA AIRPORT SUCCEED
July 1st, 2018
THE INDIAN government will help ensure Kannur International Airport, Kerala, southern India – now under construction – is opened by September (2018). Federal civil aviation minister Shri Suresh Prabhu has met with Kerala chief minister Shri Pinarayi Vijayan, later directing the Airport Authority of India and ministry officials “to take all possible steps to make Kannur Airport as a point of call for foreign airlines”. It will serve beach, religious (nearby shrines) and health services tourism. The project is costing Indian Rupees INR18.9 billion (USD273 ...
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