Wide-bodied aircraft begin landing at Vizag airport

Hyderabad: With a new 10,500-feet runway becoming operational at Visakhapatnam airport, the first Airbus A 320 landed Tuesday in the coastal city.
Air Deccan is operating the aircraft on the Hyderabad-Visakhapatnam-Kolkata route. With this, the private airliner has provided air connectivity to Kolkata from Visakhapatnam, also known as Vizag.
So far only Boeing 737s, Dorniers, ATRs were flying to Vizag. The landing of wide-bodied aircraft has become possible with the opening of the new runway last month.
State-owned Indian also plans to replace Boeing 737 with A 320 on the Visakhapatnam-Mumbai route from this week. Indian plans to operate direct flights to Mumbai instead of the present Visakhapatnam-Hyderabad-Mumbai route, thereby significantly reducing the travel time.
10/07/07 India PRwire (Press Release)

To Read the News in full at Source, Click the Headline

Categories: Airports Jul 2007