Agartala, February 21 Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha said on Saturday that he held a review meeting with officials from the Airports Authority of India (AAI) to discuss the revival of the Kailashahar airport in the Unakoti district.
The Kailashahar airport, located near Bangladesh, played a key role during the Indo-Pak war in 1971, but has been closed for several years.
"I presided over a review meeting with a team of Airports Authority of India (AAI) officials to resume flight services from the Kailashahar airport after its revival," he wrote on Facebook.
Saha added, "An extensive discussion took place on unresolved issues and initiatives to resume flight services from the Kailashahar airport."
Earlier, the AAI team met Transport Minister Sushanta Chowdhury on Friday and discussed ways to resume flight services from the defunct airport.
"We had a discussion with the AAI official in my office on how to resume flight services at the Kailashahar airport. The Centre also wants to operationalize the airport due to its strategic location. However, this involves funds for land acquisition. We will have a meeting with the Chief Minister to prepare a comprehensive plan to reuse the airport because it involves land acquisition," he told the reporters.
The northeastern state has a single operational MBB airport, the second busiest airport after the Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport in Guwahati.