In a bid to prioritize repairs and manage inspections of runways at the nation’s 97 domestic airports, the transport ministry will introduce a new unified system in fiscal 2018 that better gauges the sites.
The ministry hopes the new system that will combine information from airport operators will clarify which airports need to be repaired on a priority basis, officials said.
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