Shillong, May 06: Meghalaya Government requested Airports Authority of India (AAI) to take over the Baljek airport on an operations and Maintenance (O&M) basis for 20-seater aircraft operations and initiate the process to obtain the license for operating the airport.
To operate and Maintenance (O&M) and Communications, navigation and surveillance and Air Traffic Management agreements with AAI to operationalise the Airport for 20 seater Aircraft operations.
The objective of the State is to further expand the Airport to accommodate bigger Aircrafts for which the State is working towards expansion of the Airport for operation of ATR-72 type.
Airports Authority of India (AAI), submitted the Detailed Project Reports (DPR) prepared in the years 2010 and 2017 based on which the State Government acquired 56.5 acres of additional land.
The State requested AAI to take over the airport on an “as is where is” basis to initiate the necessary development and operational procedures. In response, AAI expressed willingness to take over the airport and requested acquisition of 125 acres for Phase-I (including the earlier 56.5 acres), with a future addition of 115 acres for Phase-II in 2020.
