The Hindu - MADURAI,December 22, 2011
A delegation comprising members from Tamil Nadu Foodgrains Merchants' Association met the Union Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh at New Delhi, who took charge on Sunday last.
Submitting a memorandum led by its president S.P. Jeyapragasam and others, the members impressed on the minister to take up on top priority commencement of direct international flights to and from Madurai airport, which was given a facelift a year ago .
Bearing in mind the scope for bigger operations, the Airports Authority of India has provided huge infrastructure spending a little over Rs 100 crore. In the event of Madurai airport getting the international airport status, passengers from many southern districts from as far as Kanyakumari, Tuticorin and Tirunelveli could benefit as presently, a majority of them depend on Tiruchi airport to reach destinations such as Sri Lanka, Gulf countries, Singapore and Malaysia.
The presence of Customs and additional CISF personnel should be sanctioned for the airport, the delegation said and urged the minister to get things moving at the earliest.
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