The Kerala Government on Wednesday decided to acquire 2,000 acres of land for developing an airport at Kannur in north Kerala.

 Disclosing this during his weekly Cabinet briefing, Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan said State infrastructure promotion agency KINFRA had been appointed as the nodal body to take the work forwardEfforts for securing the required central clearances for the project were also progressing well.

Kannur airport, the fourth in Kerala, is planned as a public-private participation project on the model of Cochin International Airport Ltd.