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The MBB airport, situated 18 km from Agartala metropolis, is located simply alongside the India-Bangladesh border. Airport Director Kailash Chander Meena knowledgeable that enhanced safety protocols have been carried out on the MBB Airport, which is categorised as a hyper-sensitive set up resulting from its proximity to the Bangladesh border.
The AAI official urged all passengers to reach on the airport not less than three hours earlier than their scheduled departures, citing intensified screening and safety procedures. “This new measure is meant to make sure clean check-in, baggage screening, and boarding underneath the present nationwide safety alert,” Meena mentioned.
Refusing to reveal particular safety preparations, the Airport Director assured that the airport stays well-secured and totally operational. “All obligatory measures have been taken in mild of the current state of affairs. We’re following all menace evaluation protocols and sustaining sturdy safety deployments,” he added.
Based on the official, on a median 34 flights operated day by day from the MBB Airport, and flight schedules stay unaffected regardless of the heightened alert. The improved safety on the airport displays broader nationwide preparedness amid cross-border tensions, as safety companies throughout India stay on excessive alert.
By way of variety of passengers and flights, the MBB airport is the second busiest airport within the northeast area after Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi Worldwide (LGBI) Airport in Guwahati.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had inaugurated the brand new built-in terminal of MBB Airport, constructed at a price of Rs 438 crore, on January 4, 2022.
With a built-up space of 30,000 sq mt, the brand new terminal has been designed to deal with each home and worldwide passengers concurrently throughout peak hours. The Tripura authorities has been demanding to declare the MBB airport as a global airport and introduce flights between Agartala and Bangladesh.
The LGBI Airport in Guwahati and the Bir Tikendrajit Worldwide Airport in Imphal presently get pleasure from worldwide standing within the northeastern area. The MBB Airport, earlier generally known as Singerbill Airport, was renamed after Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya Bahadur by the Union authorities in July 2018.
The airport was inbuilt 1942 on land donated by then Tripura king Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya Bahadur. It was used as a technical base for the Royal Air Power throughout World Battle II.
