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Calcutta airport gets ready for Airbus A380
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LOCALCORRESPONDENT on 03 May, 2008 10:41:00
 
Kolkata: The Kolkata airport will expand its runway and build a taxiway for the
Airbus A380, the world's largest commercial aircraft. The work is to be
completed by 2009-end, an official said today.
"We plan to extend the 2,400-metre runway at the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
International Airport by 840 metres. A taxiway with a minimum width of 23 metres
will be built to make room for the wide-bodied aircraft. The taxi shoulders will
be around 30 metres wide to avoid damaging the wings of the A380," airport
director V K Monga told the media.
The Airports Authority of India and the West Bengal government will spend Rs 20
million and Rs 30 million respectively for the project, he added.
Only Kingfisher Airlines has ordered the A380 aircraft so far. (IANS)