Kerala's Kannur airport to be operational in Sept

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala will have one more international airport at Kannur. The Director General of Civil Aviation has given clearance and a defence aircraft will touch down at the airport on February 29, Kerala minister K Babu said. The commercial operations of the airport will begin in September. Babu has been given the responsibility of overseeing the construction of the airport from the beginning. The airport has been built in record time. The airport costing £189.2 million will have a 3,400-metre runway which will be extended to 4,000 metres in the second phase, Babu said.