PUNE: The airport advisory committee chairman, Girish Bapat, on Thursday said a new facility, be it in Purandar, Supa (near Baramati) or Baramati, would be inconvenient for flyers from the city because of its distance.
“I don’t have any problems if an airport comes up at Purandar, Supa or in Baramati. I shall not have any problems if 10 new airports come around Pune. But the Lohegaon airport is the best for the flyers distance-wise. Any airport built anywhere will need a proper channel of roads, which, at present, is not there,” said Pune MP Bapat, a few days after NCP chief Sharad Pawar said he would initiate talks with the defence ministry on reasons behind the cancellation of the new site for the proposed Pune airport after approval.
