DENVER, April 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2012 Airport Cities World Conference and Exhibition (AC E) is expected to set a new all-time attendance record.

By Udit Prasanna Mukherji Kolkata: The West Bengal government has requested the civil aviation ministry to grant approval to the Aerotropolis project in Andal, brushing aside the objection of Coal India Ltd.

By JOHN SCHMID Jet-set administrators from around the world will convene in Dallas-Fort Worth next month to study "airport cities" -- the concentration of corporate headquarters, industrial parks and travel- happy entrepreneurs that spring up around airfields.

By Jane Roberts The era of fast-cycle logistics rained prosperity on Memphis, a key city in an emerging matrix of global connectivity.

KOLKATA: The state does not want to take chances with the airport city, considering that Aerotropolis requires 2,300 acres, more than twice the Singur project. Sources in the government said the payout would be higher than Singur as land was more fertile in Burdwan, the state's rice bowl.