Pune: According to a senior source, the government of Kerala has asked for an extension so that it can transfer land to AAI for the construction of a runway end safety area at the Calicut airport, which was the site of a tragic plane crash in 2020.
An angry letter from Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan a little over a month ago warned that the ministry would take steps to shorten the runway for safe aircraft operations at the airport beginning on August 1 if the land was not handed over to AAI.