Kadappa: Union Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapati Raju today said the Kadapa airport in Andhra Pradesh will be named after 'Annamayya', the famous poet and worshipper of Lord Venkateshwara.
Raju along with Union Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu, Minister of State for Science and Technology Y S Choudhary and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu inaugurated the airport today.
"Soon steps will be mooted from the state government and from the civil aviation department to name the airport as 'Annamayya airport,' Raju said.
"Air Pegasus will operate flights for three days between Bangalore and Kadapa. Later flight services will be increased and can be extended to Hyderabad, Chennai and Visakapatnam," he said.
The airport has been constructed by the state-run Airports Authority of India (AAI) at an investment of Rs 42 crore as part of the government's efforts to promote regional and remote area connectivity in Tier-II and Tier-III cities.
07/06/15 PTI/Economic Times
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Raju along with Union Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu, Minister of State for Science and Technology Y S Choudhary and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu inaugurated the airport today.
"Soon steps will be mooted from the state government and from the civil aviation department to name the airport as 'Annamayya airport,' Raju said.
"Air Pegasus will operate flights for three days between Bangalore and Kadapa. Later flight services will be increased and can be extended to Hyderabad, Chennai and Visakapatnam," he said.
The airport has been constructed by the state-run Airports Authority of India (AAI) at an investment of Rs 42 crore as part of the government's efforts to promote regional and remote area connectivity in Tier-II and Tier-III cities.
07/06/15 PTI/Economic Times
