Visakhapatnam: Even though international passenger traffic has doubled at the Vizag Airport in the last one year, surprisingly not a single new international flight has been added in the last 12 months. The development interestingly comes at a time when the state government is planning to develop an international airport at Bhogapuram in the coming days.
According to airport sources, the two airlines - Srilankan Airlines and Air Arabia - have completed surveys on the potential traffic from the Port City to Sri Lanka and the United Arab Emirates. However, airport sources were not able to confirm if either of the two airlines would be launching operations from the Vizag Airport any time soon.
Incidentally, the city airport registered a massive 102.7% increase in international passenger footfall during 2015-16 as against 2014-15, which was the highest percentage change among the eight customs airports and second highest change among all airports receiving international passengers in the country. In 2015-16, the airport witnessed international footfall of 1.21 lakh as against 59,995 passengers in 2014-15.
An airport source said the delay in airlines beginning operations from Vizag may be due to long procedures as they have to not only receive feedback from various stakeholders such as public and tour operators, but also from their respective countries. At the same time, the airlines have to obtain permission from the directorate general of civil aviation for starting their operations.
30/05/16 Times of India
To Read the News in full at Source, Click the Headline
According to airport sources, the two airlines - Srilankan Airlines and Air Arabia - have completed surveys on the potential traffic from the Port City to Sri Lanka and the United Arab Emirates. However, airport sources were not able to confirm if either of the two airlines would be launching operations from the Vizag Airport any time soon.
Incidentally, the city airport registered a massive 102.7% increase in international passenger footfall during 2015-16 as against 2014-15, which was the highest percentage change among the eight customs airports and second highest change among all airports receiving international passengers in the country. In 2015-16, the airport witnessed international footfall of 1.21 lakh as against 59,995 passengers in 2014-15.
An airport source said the delay in airlines beginning operations from Vizag may be due to long procedures as they have to not only receive feedback from various stakeholders such as public and tour operators, but also from their respective countries. At the same time, the airlines have to obtain permission from the directorate general of civil aviation for starting their operations.
30/05/16 Times of India
