The cost of building an ATC tower is between Rs.100 and Rs.300 croreThe Centre is planning to monitor flights landing at regional airports remotely instead of constructing new traffic control towers near such airports in a bid to cut costs, an official said. Flights landing at regional airports will receive instructions from an air traffic control officer who might be sitting miles away at an air traffic control room located at a major airport in the city. Some aviation experts have said that building an ATC tower infrastructure could cost between Rs.100 crore and Rs.300 crore. Many major British airports are also considering centralised monitoring of air traffic services from a larger airport. India has about 2,300 air traffic control officers (ATCOs) at present and another 400 ATCOs will get trained by next year.

Source: The Hindu October 23, 2016 15:56 UTC