In a rare case, the Narendra Modi government has given the international tag to the sensitive defence airport at Gujarat’s Jamnagar town for just 10 days so that guests invited to the wedding of Mukesh Ambani’s son can land close to the venue. The international tag to the Indian Air Force airport located close to the Pakistan border was given for February 25 to March 5. According to airport officials, between February 28 and March 4, the Jamnagar airport is expected to receive at least 150 aircraft. “Of these, 50 are flying in directly from foreign locations. During these five days, there will be more than 300 aircraft movements at the airport,” D.K. Singh, airport director at Jamnagar. Especially for the wedding, the Air Force has not only permitted access of these private aircraft to its sensitive “technical” area, also, “in preparation for the massive inflow of guests, the AAI (Airports Authority of India) has expanded the size of its passenger building from 475 sq m to 900 sq m, allowing it to accommodate nearly 360 passengers during peak hours as compared to 180 earlier.”
— source thewire.in | 02.03.24