Simplex gets building contract
September 16th, 2010 - 8:31 pm ICT by IANSKolkata, Sep 16 (IANS) Construction company Simplex Infrastructures Ltd (Simplex) has bagged the designing and building contract of the proposed Durgapur airport to be built by the Bengal Aerotropolis Projects Ltd (BAPL), the company said Thursday.
The airport would be a regional one, designed to handle aircraft such as Airbus 320/319 and Boeing 737. It would have an initial runway of 2,800 metres, extendable to 3,300 metres in order to handle larger aircraft in the future.
The master plan and concept design of the airport have been prepared by Changi Airports Planners and Engineers (CAPE), an affiliated company of Changi Airports India which holds a 26 percent stake in BAPL.
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