Four years after inking a MoU with the Airports Authority of India (AAI) for expansion and development of the Vijayawada airport at Gannavaram, the Andhra Pradesh Government has now finally decided to hasten the process of acquiring required land for the purpose.
As per a PTI report, the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Mr N. Kiran Kumar Reddy, approved the land acquisition proposals and directed the State Finance Department to release Rs 76 crore required for the purpose, official sources in the CMO said.
The Vijayawada airport expansion has been hanging fire for the last four years as the State Government failed to acquire the required 361 acres of land to expand the runway. The airport, which is currently spread over 350 acres with an old terminal building, is handling only ATR-make aircraft with daily flights operated to Hyderabad, Chennai and Bangalore.
The expansion plan includes extension of the existing runway to enable landing of bigger aircraft such as the Boeing 737 and Airbus
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