The Civil Aviation Ministry has notified the cutoff at 00:01 hours on August 17; military, police, emergency and VIP flights are exempt from the 30-year closure at INS Dega, and non-scheduled commercial flights may continue there
Kondapalli Srinivas says Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the greenfield airport on August 1, adding that the infrastructure push will accelerate industrial growth, improve connectivity and open up large-scale employment opportunities across the region
The green field airport is poised to reshape the local economic landscape of the region, says Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu
The Union Civil Aviation Minister said the ₹4,500-crore airport, built by the GMR Group on 2,200 acres, is ready for operations; air travellers’ bodies are pressing for a cut in its user fee