(a) whether Boeing Airlines facility proposed to be provided at Jabalpur during the current year;
(b) if not, the reasons therefor; and
(c) the time by which the expansion work and night landing and taking off facilities proposed to be completed there?
THE MINISTER OF CIVIL AVIATION
(PROF. CHAMAN LAL GUPTA)
(a), (b) and (c): Runway of Jabalpur airport is suitable
for operation of Boeing 737 class of aircraft under visual
flight rules. VOR (Very High Frequency Omni Range) is under
installation which would permit the operation of Jet
aircraft to/from this airport. Owing to proximity of
airport to the Defence Ordnance Depot, it is not possible to
provide night landing facilities.