AAI to construct 170 parking bays as airlines look to import more aircraft
NEW DELHI . The Airports Authority of India is to build 170 aircraft parking bays and six hangars at the airports that it runs in the country.
The exact number of parking bays and the airports they will come up in will be decided soon, a senior AAI official told BusinessLine. It is likely that the construction of the aircraft parking bays will not include the airports at the four metros — Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Bengaluru. Technically speaking, these airports are no longer with AAI but are run as joint ventures with the private sector.
The construction of the parking bays will allow airlines to park their aircraft late at night at these airports and possibly start early morning flights from these airports thus helping airlines to utilise their aircraft better. The Hindu Businessline