Two sites — Pannur and Parandur — have been shortlisted by Airports Authority of India for the city’s second airport and referred to the State government recently.
According to sources in the Airports Authority of India (AAI), initially, a team from Chennai inspected four sites at Pannur, Parandur, Tiruporur and Padalam and prepared a pre-feasibility report. Since talks were on to allow the existing airport to continue at Tirusulam, for any passenger who needs to travel to the greenfield airport, it will be a long drive. “After carefully deliberating on various aspects of four sites, these two have been shortlisted. The sites at Padalam and at Tiruporur have some constraints and limitations. We have sent it to the Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation (TIDCO) which will take it up with the State government,” a source said. The cost and availability of land in these two locations will be looked at before taking a final decision.
