New Delhi: Andhra Pradesh got its sixth airport on Thursday with the inauguration of Kurnool Airport and flights under regional connectivity scheme (RCS) to this city will start from Sunday (March 28).
The aviation ministry said RCS-UDAN flights will link Kurnool with direct flights to Bangalore, Vishakhapatnam and Chennai. The Central and state governments will jointly share the viability gap funding on an 80:20 basis.
Kurnool, the judicial capital of Andhra Pradesh, is famous for its caves and temples.
The airport was inaugurated by Union aviation minister H S Puri in a virtual ceremony that was attended, among others, by AP chief minister Yeduguri Sandinti Jaganmohan Reddy. Before Kurnool, AP had functional airports in five of its cities — Kadapa, Visakhapatnam, Tirupati, Rajahmundry and Vijayawada.
25/03/21 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India
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