Date:22/08/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/08/22/stories/2008082250300100.htm

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Runway opened for trial runs

NEW DELHI: With the landing of an Air India Boeing 777-300 (extended range), the third runway, 4,430 metres long, of the Indira Gandhi International Airport here — among the longest in Asia — opened for trial runs on Thursday morning.