{
  "id": 3737598,
  "title": "Why the plan to build a parallel runway at Chennai airport never took off",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/why-the-plan-to-build-a-parallel-runway-at-chennai-airport-never-took",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-27T12:20:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/on-why-the-plan-to-build-a-parallel-runway-at-chennai-airport-never-took-off/article71389504.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Nearly two decades ago, the AAI had planned to construct a parallel runway for the airport in a bid to enhance capacity and reduce congestion. However, at that time, the State government had plans to build a second airport for the city at Sriperumbudur and this was one of the reasons why it was shelved",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}