PM to inaugurate Bhogapuram International Airport on August 1
The green field airport is poised to reshape the local economic landscape of the region, says Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu

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The green field airport is poised to reshape the local economic landscape of the region, says Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu
Only the second Prime Minister to visit the district since Indira Gandhi’s 1983 Congress campaign at the Maharaja Stadium
MSME Minister Kondapalli Srinivas seeks a dedicated retail outlet at Bhogapuram airport for SWAYAM brand products prepared by SHG women
The 3,800-metre Code 4E runway at Bhogapuram, among the longest in India, will handle wide-body aircraft such as the Boeing 777 and the Airbus A330 when commercial flights shift from INS Dega around mid-August
The greenfield international airport named after legendary freedom fighter Alluri Sitharama Raju will serve as a major catalyst for development of the North Andhra region, the Chief Minister says in a social media post
Special Chief Secretary M.T. Krishna Babu inspected the site with Collector S. Ramsundar Reddy and Joint Collector S. Sedhu Madhavan; around 2,000 buses will be arranged and 6,000 private vehicles are expected on the day
Kondapalli Srinivas says Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the greenfield airport on August 1, adding that the infrastructure push will accelerate industrial growth, improve connectivity and open up large-scale employment opportunities across the region
Minister Kondapalli Srinivas and Collector S. Ramsundar Reddy told farmers’ families the money deposited with the Visakhapatnam tribunal would reach them in a few months; farmers who gave land for the approach road had sought up to ₹1 crore an acre against the ₹48 lakh offered
MLAs in Vizianagaram and Srikakulam have been asked to bring people to the public meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address on August 1, with Ministers holding review meetings in each constituency
Commissioner N. Tej Bharath said four of the seven corridors were developed by the VMRDA itself to join the National Highway leading to the airport, and 10 zonal route maps have been linked to Google Maps for directions
The Civil Aviation Ministry has notified the cutoff at 00:01 hours on August 17; military, police, emergency and VIP flights are exempt from the 30-year closure at INS Dega, and non-scheduled commercial flights may continue there
The YSRCP government had signed concession agreement with GMR and completed key milestones including land acquisition, R&R of displaced families, statutory approvals, security clearances, financial closure, water, power, internal roads and other infrastructure, says the former CM
On the arrivals level the muggulu (Rangoli) is cut in stone, white lines looping through dark granite at a scale so large that the passenger crossing it never sees the figure and the passenger on the balcony sees nothing else
The Centre has decided to end scheduled commercial operations at the existing Visakhapatnam Airport and transfer its airport code, VTZ, to the upcoming Alluri Sitarama Raju International Greenfield Airport at Bhogapuram in Andhra Pradesh, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to inaugurate on August 1
An exclusive control room would monitor the buses and the facilities for Srikakulam residents attending PM Modi’s public meeting; TDP and BJP leaders said the airport would cut the district’s travel to 45 km and draw industry to National Highway 16
The Hindu drove 43 km from Visakhapatnam in 75 minutes; at 4.30 p.m. fares of ride-aggregators were checked
The Bhogapuram Airport is built at nearly Rs 5,000 crore in Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh.
Officials have planned parking for nearly 6,000 vehicles and food counters at Chelluru and Pusapatirega instead of the airport premises; 13,000 children will perform the Dhimsa dance at the venue
The government is spending crores of rupees on arrangements despite the State’s mounting debt burden, and is mobilising students from the Agency region and deploying RTC buses and vehicles of educational institutions causing inconvenience to the public and disrupting classes
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates the Alluri Sitarama Raju International Airport on Saturday. He will also lay foundation stones for significant development projects worth over seventeen thousand nine hundred crore. The new airport is designed to handle six million passengers annually and boost regional connectivity. Foundation stone will be laid for Andhra Pradesh's first semiconductor manufacturing facility.
Around 13,750 schoolchildren perform flawlessly and dances their way to Guinness World Records
The new international airport will open up unprecedented opportunities in investment, tourism, trade, industry and employment, while placing the region prominently on the global map, says Rammohan Naidu
The GMR group has constructed the new airport at Bhogapuram, the native district of Mr. Rao. The GMR group has constructed the airport six months in advance of the deadline of December, he said.
80% of the physical progress of Bhogapuram airport project has been achieved during the YSRCP’s tenure between 2019 and 2024, says Sajalla
Union Civil Aviation Minister Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu flagged off the first commercial flights; passengers praised the terminal and flagged the drive, with one taking 50 minutes from Siripuram before dawn
The government needs 855 acres for the project and has only 25; S. Ramsundar Reddy says most farmers are cooperating and asks locals not to be misled
Union Minister for Civil Aviation K. Rammohan Naidu visits the Sun temple with the Collector, says the Bhogapuram airport will bring devotees from other States and abroad
Vizianagaram Collector S. Ramsundar Reddy also asks NHAI to connect the airport to the highway’s service roads; NHAI says the changes will be made in a couple of weeks