Centre is making efforts to grant international status to MBB airport
Civil Aviation Murlidhar Mohan wrote to ex-CM Biplab Kumar Deb
IH News Desk
REGIONAL, August 30, 2024: The Union Minister for Civil Aviation Murlidhar Mohan Friday informed former Tripura Chief Minister and MP Biplab Kumar Deb about the progress made towards declaring Agartala MBB Airport as an international airport. Deb had previously raised this issue in the Lok Sabha.
In a letter to Deb, Mohan stated that Agartala Airport has been notified as a Custom Notified Airport from January 4 2023 through a notification from the Ministry of Finance (Revenue Department). The Ministry has fulfilled all the requirements laid down by the Ministry of Home Affairs for declaring Agartala Airport as an Immigration Check Post (ICP) and has requested the Ministry of Home Affairs to consider the proposal for this declaration.
The proposal to declare Agartala Airport as an Immigration Check Post (ICP) is currently under consideration by the Ministry of Home Affairs. The minister mentioned that the main factors for determining the eligibility of an airport for international status include traffic capacity demand from airlines for international flights and compliance with bilateral air service agreements.
This also includes the availability of ground lighting facilities, Instrument Landing System (ILS), runway length and immigration and health services.
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