Tirupati: Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu will inaugurate the Orvakal greenfield airport in Kurnool district on January 8. A New Year gift to people in the district, this was one of the 50 low-cost airports proposed to come up in 2013 during the UPA II regime. The chief minister laid the foundation stone for the greenfield airport in 2017.
A small aircraft took off from Begumpet airport in Hyderabad and landed at Orvakal airport successfully during a trial run on Monday. The trial run was held as the works of the upcoming airport are nearing completion.
"The new airport is being developed at a time when several industries started coming up in Kurnool district in the last 4 years or so. So, the airport will boost the industrial and tourism sectors in the region. We hope the domestic flight carriers will start operations by May 2019," he said.
01/01/19 Sandeep Raghavan/Times of India
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A small aircraft took off from Begumpet airport in Hyderabad and landed at Orvakal airport successfully during a trial run on Monday. The trial run was held as the works of the upcoming airport are nearing completion.
"The new airport is being developed at a time when several industries started coming up in Kurnool district in the last 4 years or so. So, the airport will boost the industrial and tourism sectors in the region. We hope the domestic flight carriers will start operations by May 2019," he said.
01/01/19 Sandeep Raghavan/Times of India
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