Amravati MAY 3: A good news for the Andhra Pradesh people.We all know that there is a domestic airport in Vijayawada.
The Central cabinet on Wednesday taken a decision to give the Vijayawada airport an International status.
The Criteria for a Domestic Airport to become an International airport are
*Passengers Traffic
*The Intrest of Domestic and International airlines to
operate flights to different countries.
* Sufficient ground lighting for the operation of
flights during night
* Instrument landing Facility.
* Long runway.
* Customs and Immigration and Health facilities.
Vijayawada Airport has fulfilled all the above
criteria so it got International status
The main advantages of this decision is
* The Connectivity to AP capital Amravati will
increase.
* More employment to local people.
* AP tourism will get a boost.
* Passengers will fly at a cheaper rate with increase
in the competition of airlines.
* Passengers can fly to international countries easily.
Finally, PM tweeted that from Now in AP land is
successful land and will exhibit its strength to the
world.