Visakhapatnam: Vizag airport is about to get some much needed infrastructural boost as the Airports Authority of India is planning to expand the airport’s arrival and departure terminals. As of now Vizag airport can handle 700 peak-hour passengers and the AAI plans to double the present capacity. The New Integrated Terminal Building (NITB) plan of the AAI also includes increasing the operational efficiency of Vizag airport by adding one more aerobridge, baggage carousels and also increasing the commercial space in the airport. This was mentioned in a letter by AAI, as a reply to a letter sent to it by the Air Travellers Association (India) in August this year.
Further in the letter the AAI said that it does not agree that there is a need for a parallel runway at the Vizag airport as the present volume of traffic does not indicate the necessity of it.
However, they said that as Indian Navy is the operator of Vizag airport, it is the competent authority for examining the feasibility and need for a parallel runway. AAI showed hopes that the length of the existing runway at the airport can be expanded up to 12,500 feet, if a demand for it is raised by any airline and subject to availability of land.
09/10/14 Deccan Chronicle
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Further in the letter the AAI said that it does not agree that there is a need for a parallel runway at the Vizag airport as the present volume of traffic does not indicate the necessity of it.
However, they said that as Indian Navy is the operator of Vizag airport, it is the competent authority for examining the feasibility and need for a parallel runway. AAI showed hopes that the length of the existing runway at the airport can be expanded up to 12,500 feet, if a demand for it is raised by any airline and subject to availability of land.
09/10/14 Deccan Chronicle
