Mangalore International Airport Adds Fourth Electric Vehicle to Its Vehicle Pool: Check Out

Mangalore International Airport Adds Fourth Electric Vehicle to Its Vehicle Pool: Check Out

Mangalore International Airport (MIA) added the fourth electric vehicle to its vehicle pool on the eve of Makar Sankranti in pursuit of its goal of environmental sustainability. The airport in August last year, had initiated its journey towards sustainability by procuring two EVs for its routine operations and added one more in October.

Specialty of the fourth EV is that it is an SUV that has been modified into a ‘Follow Me’ or ‘Apron Control’ vehicle for exclusive use on the air-side, giving it the distinction of being among the few airports in India to induct an EV for this express purpose. Airports provide ‘Follow Me’ for convenience, safety or combination of both and act as visual aid to guide aircraft from place to place. The Airport will procure three more EVs by March this year to bolster its pool of green vehicles.

MIA has also drawn up plans to set up a dedicated EV charging station on the air-side to power up vehicles operating in the area. The Airport has already set up an EV charging station on the land-side.