CURRENT AFFAIRS : NATIONAL NEWS
Kushinagar Airport in Uttar Pradesh Gets International Airport License From DGCA
- The under-construction Kushinagar Airport in Uttar Pradesh has received the International Airport license from Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
- Once operational, this will be the third international airport in UP after Lucknow and Varanasi.
- With this, UP is set to become the state with the highest number of airports after the upcoming Ayodhya Airport also joins the list.
- That will boost tourism in the region & facilitate travel on Buddhist circuit by providing direct aviation connectivity to the city.
- Currently the other two international airports functional in Uttar Pradesh are Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport at Lucknow and Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport at Varanasi.
- Chitrakoot will be the first airport in Uttar Pradesh with ‘Table Top’ runway.
About Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) :
- Headquarters : New Delhi
- Minister : Suresh Prabhu
- Comes Under Ministry of Civil Aviation
About UP :
- Capital : Lucknow
- Governor : Anandiben Patel
