On the day of the inauguration,the authorities created a temporary ATC from a makeshift room on a truck, and fire tenders were arranged from two different airports.
It would be difficult for the airport to get a licence because of major technical issues associated with the specification of runways, sources said.
That is why, the AAI has not sent the licensing application to Directorate general of Civil Aviation (DGCA) till now.
In 1973, there was a small airstrip in Jalgaon maintained by PWD, which was handed over in 2007 to Maharashtra Airport Development Company.
Two years later, the state government signed an MoU with AAI to upgrade the excisting field, and in 2010, the President laid its foundation stone.
Two years later, the President inaugurated the airport, and since then there has been no flights to Jalgaon.
