Last update: March 19, 2023, 2:18 PM IST
A new terminal building at Vizag Airport (Photo: Wikipedia)
A proposal to construct a new airport terminal building the same size as the old one was sent to the AAI
A proposal to construct a new Vizag Airport terminal building of the same size as the old one at a cost of Rs 240 crore has been sent to the Airports Authority of India. A review meeting of the Airport Advisory Board was held a few days ago. Visakhapatnam MP MVV Satyanarayana chaired the meeting. There was a lot of discussion about it.
The proposal must be approved in the next five-year plan. Four more parking spaces are also planned. Some concerns were also raised at the meeting. The allocation of slots between 8:00 and 20:00 with only one flight allowed to land and take off between 15:00 and 16:00 and between 19:00 and 20:00 is restricted.
In addition, air freight operations for outbound freight sinus have been completely suspended in the past three months due to staff shortages and upcoming operations. One of the members of the meeting appealed to the Visakhapatnam MP to discuss the matter with the ministry.
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“No more air cargo is now moved out of Vizag, while previously 150 tonnes including emergency cargo such as blood samples were moved. At the request of the Prime Minister, only a limited amount of shrimp was allowed for three months,” stressed one member, O. Naresh Kumar, at the meeting.
Visakhapatnam falls to 9th place in GDP contribution. However, the airport was ranked 19th. With this in mind, the members of the meeting asked the airport director to take some measures to improve the conditions in order to get into the top 10 conditions. Vishakhapatnam MP MVV Satyanarayan expressed disappointment with the airport’s ground and roof quality. He added that consultants would need to be hired to beautify the new building.
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