Visakhapatnam: It was often accused that since the local airport was controlled by Indian Navy, it took many long years for it to get operational 24/7. After so many pleas from the local public representatives and threatening calls by locals of agitations, finally defence ministry agreed for 24/7 operations last year which helped the airport to connect to international destinations like Dubai and Singapore.
Though international carriers like Silk Air were ready to start flights to Singapore, they held back the proposal fro sometime since the navy was not willing to run the airport 24/7.
24/08/14 Deccan Chronicle
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Though international carriers like Silk Air were ready to start flights to Singapore, they held back the proposal fro sometime since the navy was not willing to run the airport 24/7.
24/08/14 Deccan Chronicle
