NEW TERMINAL:A ARAY OF HOPE IN PATNA AIRPORT

  • 25/09/2020

New Delhi:The Patna airport will have the capacity to handle 8 million passengers per annum once the construction of its new terminal is completed by the Airports Authority of India (AAI), said Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Thursday.In a tweet, Puri said, "A new civil enclave is to be developed at a cost of ?981 cr by the AAI at Bihta airport with a capacity to handle 5 million passengers per annum." "State Government has already handed over 108 acres of land to AAI. It will serve as second Airport of Patna," he added.Currently, the Bihta airport acts as a base of the Indian Air Force. It is around 27 km from Lok Nayak Jay Prakash Narayan (LNJP) airport, Patna's only commercial airport.

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