AAI team holds meeting with CM Manik Saha

Agartala, May 28, 2025, By Our Correspondent

An Airports Authority of India (AAI) delegation Tuesday met Tripura Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha and discussed the proposed revival of the Kailashahar airport in the Unakoti district, which has been defunct for 30 years.According to an official from the Chief Minister’s Office, the AAI team visited the Kailashahar airport for an on-the-support survey Sunday.The AAI team’s visit followed CM Saha’s recent meeting with Union Minister for Development of North Eastern Region Jyotiraditya Scindia in Delhi, in which the chief minister requested him to revive the Kailashahar airport soon. Dr Saha also wrote to Civil Aviation Minister Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu about the issue, said the CMO official.Tripura currently relies on a single major airport, Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport in the capital Agartala, which caters only to domestic passengers. In September 2024, Tourism Minister Sushanta Chowdhury said the Centre will declare the MBB Airport in Agartala an international airport and make two other defunct airports operational.ccording to historian and writer Pannalal Roy, the erstwhile kings of Tripura had donated land for the Agartala and Kailashahar airports.