Vizag airport

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Visakhapatnam airport in Visakhapatnam, India is a domestic airport. An international airport has been planned by the year 2008.

1 Domestic airport
- 1.1 Scheduled flights
2 Planned international airport
3 References

[edit] Domestic airport

At present, the domestic airlines operating at the airport include Indian, Air Sahara, Kingfisher Airlines, Air Deccan and Alliance Air (a subsidiary of India). In December 2006, Jet Airways is expected start flights from Hyderabad and Kolkata. Other domestic airlines that have shown interest include Go Air and IndiGo Airlines.

[edit] Scheduled flights

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Presently the schedule is

Visakhapatnam-Hyderabad - Air Sahara - Daily
Visakhapatnam-Hyderabad - Indian Airlines - Daily
Visakhapatnam-Hyderabad - Kingfisher Airlines - Daily
Visakhapatnam-Hyderabad - Air Deccan - Daily
Visakhapatnam-Mumbai - Air Sahara - Daily
Visakhapatnam-Hyderabad-Mumbai - Air Sahara - Daily
Visakhapatnam-Chennai - Indian Airlines - Daily
Visakhapatnam-Chennai - Air Deccan - Daily
Visakhapatnam-Chennai - Kingfisher airlines - Daily
Visakhapatnam-Raipur - Indian Airlines - Daily
Visakhapatnam-Delhi - Indian Airlines - Daily

[edit] Planned international airport

Almost half of the 10000-feet runway work has been completed; it is expected to operational by December 2006^[1]. The terminal will have all modern facilities and is expected to be ready for use by the first quarter of 2007.. The night landing facilities have also been developed during the recent constructions. A new integrated terminal will be constructed at a cost of Rs 95 crore^[1]. The construction is being done by M. Venkat Rao Construction Co.

The apron is being built to accommodate at least six wide-bodied aircraft like Boeing 767s and its equivalent variants at the same time.^[1]

Many of the international airlines have expressed their regards to start from Visakhapatnam, once the facilities have been completed. As Visakhapatnam is situated on the east coast of India, it is nearer to Bangkok, Singapore, Colombo, Kuala Lumpur, Ho Chi Minh City etc. Many airlines such as Silk Airways, Thai Airways International, Sri Lankan Airways, Malaysian Airlines, Vietnam Airlines, Lufthansa, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Emirates, Royal Nepal Airlines, Biman Bangladesh Airlines and Air India have shown interest in the airport.