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#1 ·
T minus three months till the inauguration of the new international terminal with 24 hrs operations and direct services to singapore and sri lanka.



salient features as highlighted in the article above
1) largest terminal among tier II cities
2) fully centralized air conditioning
3) 2 floors with duty free shops and restaurants on the second floor
4) installation of CC TV's and car calling equipment underway
5) parking lots for hundreds of cars
6) teminal to be completed by november and handed over to the AAI
 
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#34 ·
He clearly differentiated two things in his post ... one is that it's largest in Tier-II cities and second that it's the largest airport within city limits ...

unless he meant to say that it's the largest airport among tier-II cities within city limits .... but then in that case, he'd have said it in just one statement :)

there are 3 aerobridges.
it is the largest airport among tier II cities and the largest indian airport within city limits. capable of handling upto 5 million passengers per year. 6 flights can be parked at the same time.
 
#37 ·
Guys what difference does it make if it’s the largest airport in the city limit or outside the city limit! There is no Sense of that statement at all….an airport is an airport! And we can just say that its big or small…but no need to differentiate it with LARGEST INSIDE THE CITY ,OUT SIDE THE CITY, NEAR THE CITY ,NEAR THE VILLAGE, NEAR THE RAILWAY STATION, NEAR THE BUS STAND! AND BLAH BLAH!
 
#38 ·
".......but no need to differentiate it with LARGEST INSIDE THE CITY ,OUT SIDE THE CITY, NEAR THE CITY ,NEAR THE VILLAGE, NEAR THE RAILWAY STATION, NEAR THE BUS STAND! AND BLAH BLAH! "

Ha Ha! You surely made the other statements sound foolish. But IMO, you are absolutely correct. It doesn't make any change. BTW, Vizag is a growing city, growth rate among top 100 in the world. It would have been great if they had gone for an entirely new airport with huge land bank for future expansion rather then wasting resources on developing a naval airport which IMO within few years has to be vacated keeping in mind the growth potential of the city. Vizag is no small city either. With a population of close to 3 million (unofficial) it will surely rank among the top 12 cities of India and surely among the fastest growing cities.:)
 
#40 ·
Air terminal inauguration


The new terminal building of Visakhapatnam airport is likely to be inaugurated in January next, most likely on January 14 on the occasion of Sankranthi. The Customs and Immigration facilities will also be established simultaneously.

These assurances were given to MP T. Subbarami Reddy when he met Minister of State for Civil Aviation Praful Patel and Chairman of Airport Authority of India K. Ramalingam in Delhi.
 
#46 ·
New Terminal to be commissioned next month

VISAKHAPATNAM: The Rs. 95 crore new integrated airport terminal building with night landing facilities in Visakhapatnam will be ready for commissioning any time next month.

Except minor works, all important works had been completed.

Flooding, specially during rainy season, had been a major problem and the Irrigation and Command Areas Development Department, which had been entrusted the airport protection works, had nearly completed the main work of digging two channels viz., Meghadrigedda channel and Kondagedda channel, for free flow of water into the sea.

The new terminal building with a capacity to handle 700 passengers an hour and parking place for 600 vehicles would have 20 counters for airlines. Way back, the Union Minister for Civil Aviation Praful Patel had announced that the new terminal complex would be commissioned by December 2008 but somehow it got delayed. A number of businessmen, including foreign businessmen, industrialists, leisure travellers travel from Visakhapatnam and according to the Air Travellers Association (India), the average number of passengers that travel from Visakhapatnam every year is about six lakhs and of them nearly 60 per cent travel to overseas destinations like Australia, US, European countries, Japan, Singapore, China etc., and use Hyderabad, Chennai and Mumbai airports for their travel.

Opportunities
Visakhapatnam airport with the new terminal complex will offer abundant opportunities to airlines to operate direct services to Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Colombo, Dubai, London, Frankfurt and other places and hence the ATA wants all international Airlines to operate their services from Visakhapatnam. President of ATA D. Varada Reddy appealed to Air India to extend their overseas-bound flights from Hyderabad and Mumbai to Vizag.

Rajya Sabha Member T. Subbarami Reddy, meanwhile, urged authorities concerned to initiate steps for providing additional manpower required for extending operations beyond 8 p.m. at the airport.

At present, the operations are allowed between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. and between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. According to the Airport Director C. Pattabhi, two airlines viz., Silk Airways and Sri Lanka Airways showed interest in running direct services from Visakhapatnam airport. One had already set up a counter. On the passenger traffic, he said that it had been steadily increasing.

The number of travellers in Dec. was about 52,500 as against 43,000 the previous month. He was confident of achieving the annual target of 6 lakh travellers.

looks like one of the international carriers has already set up a counter
most probably it is the sri lankan airlines, because brandix is operating its biggest facility in vizag. good to know that finally the airport is going international.
 
#47 ·
New Terminal likely to be inaugurated on Feb 28th

VISAKHAPATNAM: The Rs.95 crore new modern airport terminal with night lading and 24-hour operational facilities is set for inauguration on February 28.

With this the efforts of Rajya Sabha member and former Union Minister, T. Subbarami Reddy will bear fruit. Provision of additional manpower for its 24-hours operation was required. For this clearance from the Ministries of Finance and Defence was needed.

Mr. Subbarami Reddy, along with the Minister for Civil Aviation, Praful Patel, met the External Affairs Minister, Pranab Mukherjee, holding additional charge of Finance and the Defence Minister, A.K. Antony and the latter had agreed to sanction additional man power for operating the Visakhapatnam Airport around the clock.

Chief Minister Y.S.Rajasekhara Reddy is also likely to participate in the inaugural function.

The date of inauguration would be either February 27 or 28.

According to D. Varada Reddy, president of Air Travellers Association (India), round the clock operations would commence from the date of inauguration.

The much-awaited new terminal building would have the capacity to handle 700 passengers per hour. It would have three aero bridges, four conveyor belts and 20 counters for airlines.

The new airport with adequate security facilities will be fit for all weather operations. It would have customs and immigration facilities and space for parking as many as 600 cars.
 
#48 ·
Airport inauguration date Advanced

VISAKHAPATNAM: The date of inauguration of the Rs.95-crore modern terminal building of the Visakhapatnam airport, scheduled for February 28, has been advanced to February 20, fuelling the predictions in the political circles that notification for Assembly elections is expected any time after the third week of this month. According to information reaching here, Union Minister for Civil Aviation Proful Patel, Defence Minister A. K. Anthony and Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy will attend the inaugural function, scheduled to be held by 10 am. Rajya Sabha member and former Union Minister T.Subbarami Reddy, who had pursued the issue persistently, and Visakhapatnam MP, N.Janrdana Reddy and other leaders would participate in the function. According to president of Air Travelers Association (India) D.Varada Reddy night landing facility with 24 hours operations would commence from the day of inauguration.
 
#50 ·
Vizag Airport expects international flights from march

With the new terminal building ready, the Visakhapatnam airport expects to start international flight services from March onwards.

The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has spent about Rs 97 crore on the construction of the new terminal building, which would be inaugurated on February 20.

The terminal building has three aero bridges, 20 airlines counters, parking facility for 600 cars and a capacity to handle 700 passengers per hour.

“Foreign airlines like Silk Air and Air Lanka have evinced interest in operating direct international flights from Vizag to Sri Lanka and Singapore. The new international terminal building has customs and immigration facilities so we expect international flights operations from March,” Varadha Reddy, president, Air Travelers Association of India, told Business Standard.

Around 14 flights land at Vizag daily. Indian Airlines, JetLite, Kingfisher, Paramount and SpiceJet operate their services from Vizag to Hyderabad, Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Chennai and Bangalore
 
#51 ·
Looking good!!

Wonder what name they will/have given.Woudl prefer just Vizag but if as usual our politicians want to name it after an politician/famous personality,lets hope its after someone from Andhra & not some outsider like in the case of hyd :down:
 
#54 ·
http://www.hindu.com/2009/02/17/stories/2009021758130200.htm

VISAKHAPATNAM: Two more airlines - Go Air and Star Air - have agreed to operate from the Visakhapatnam airport, taking the number of airlines operating from this airport to seven.

Some time back, authorities from these two airlines came to the airport and studied various facilities available here.

The Rs.95 crore new Airport Terminal Building is scheduled to be inaugurated by the Union Minister for Civil Aviation, Proful Patel on Saturday and enter a new era in air travel from Visakhapatnam.
 
#57 ·
http://www.hindu.com/2009/02/19/stories/2009021958080300.htm



VISAKHAPATNAM: A long-cherished dream of Vizagites, specially air passengers, and described as one more jewel in the crown of the City of Destiny the Rs.95-crore New Integrated Terminal Building of the Visakhapatnam Airport is getting ready for its inaugural function on Saturday. The change from the existing one to the new one will be smooth, asserted the Director of Visakhapatnam Air Port, C. Pattabhi. How is the new one different from the old?.

It is located on a sprawling area of 20,000 sq mts as against the present one with a mere 2400 sq mts area. Unlike the present one, the new one is an integrated terminal for both domestic and international flights. According to Mr. Pattabhi, the passenger capacity would be 700 (400 domestic and 300 international) as against the present 150. A state of the art Flight Information Dispatch System , escalators, elevators and car park (for 300 four wheelers and 200 two wheelers), keeping in mind the security aspects are the other facilities. A separate lane for 200 taxis and toilet facilities for visitors would also be available.

The other facilities, according to Mr.Pattabhi, include 20 check-in counters, duty free shops, customs and immigration counters, snack bars, child care centres, and special lounges for VIPs and CIP (commercially important persons).

Eco-friendly
Major part of the new terminal building was constructed with glass and steel which makes it environmental-friendly. At present five airlines, viz Air India, Jet Lite, Paramount, King Fisher and Spice Jet have been operating and, according to Mr.Pattabhi, two more airlines, Go Air and Star Aviation, had expressed interest . On starting international flights, Mr.Pattabhi said that Silk Air and Sri Lankan Airways had made preliminary enquiries to commence international flights. Now that all facilities are available, we are sending messages to international airlines, he said.

According to a survey, more than 60 per cent of passengers from Vijayawada to Srikulam districts have been going to Hyderabad for their international flights. Once the international flights start their operations, these passengers are expected to come to Visakhapatnam airport, because it would be cheaper and more convenient.
looks like some landscaping going on.
 
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