Visakhapatnam: The Air Travellers Association (India) has alleged that the government is encouraging realtors to buy land and jack up prices by mooting a plan to develop the new airport 70 to 80 km away from Visakhapatnam in spite of developing the existing one.
In the wake of the proposal to develop a new greenfield international airport by the state, ATA (I) members met ENC chief vice admiral Satish Soni to enquire about the future of Vizag Airport and were categorically told that the Indian Navy and the Airports Authority of India (AAI) would coexist, with the Indian Navy already allowing round the clock operations for civilian flights with effect from January.
ATA(I) president D Varada Reddy alleged that this clearly exposed the hollow claims of state political leaders, especially ministers. "The state government's obvious intention is to benefit realtors. A new airport was constructed at Hyderabad when its population reached 70 lakh whereas Visakhapatnam's population is just 20 lakh," he said in press release.
23/09/14 Times of India
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In the wake of the proposal to develop a new greenfield international airport by the state, ATA (I) members met ENC chief vice admiral Satish Soni to enquire about the future of Vizag Airport and were categorically told that the Indian Navy and the Airports Authority of India (AAI) would coexist, with the Indian Navy already allowing round the clock operations for civilian flights with effect from January.
ATA(I) president D Varada Reddy alleged that this clearly exposed the hollow claims of state political leaders, especially ministers. "The state government's obvious intention is to benefit realtors. A new airport was constructed at Hyderabad when its population reached 70 lakh whereas Visakhapatnam's population is just 20 lakh," he said in press release.
23/09/14 Times of India
