Rajahmundry Airport Development

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Jet Airways to operate flights to Tirupati, Rajahmundry from June 15

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HYDERABAD: Jet Airways will be commencing its flights to Rajahmundry and Tirupati from here on June 15. These new flights will be operated by the modern pressurised and air-conditioned 62-seater French-made turbo-prop ATR 72-500 aircraft, according to a company release.

The two flights will provide convenient connections to the incoming flights from New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai in Hyderabad. Passengers arriving from Tirupati and Rajahmundry in Hyderabad will also be able to reach same day to the four metro cities.

The ATR 72-500 flight 9W 3555 (Hyderabad-Tirupati) will leave Hyderabad at 2.50 p.m. and arrive at Tirupati at 4.10 p.m. The return flight 9W 3556 will depart Tirupati at 4.40 p.m. and reach Hyderabad at 6 p.m.

Jet Airways’ flight 9W 3553 (Hyderabad-Rajahmundry) will depart Hyderabad at 10.30 a.m. and arrive at Rajahmundry at 11.45a.m. The return flight 9W 3554 will depart Rajahmundry at 12.15 p.m. and arrive in Hyderabad at 1.30 p.m. Jet Airways flight 9W 3551 (Hyderabad-Chennai) will depart Hyderabad at 6.25 a.m. and arrive in Chennai at 7.55 a.m. The return flight 9W 3552 will depart Chennai at 8.25 a.m. and arrive in Hyderabad at 9.55 a.m. Airways flight 9W 3557 (Hyderabad-Chennai) will depart Hyderabad at 6.40 p.m. and arrive in Chennai at 8.15 p.m. The return flight 9W 3558 will depart Chennai at 8.45 p.m. and arrive Hyderabad at 10.20 p.m.

source : http://www.hindu.com/2008/06/10/stories/2008061054250700.htm

The Hindu - 10/06/2008 - AP news

vsbreddy · Joined: 13 Jun 2005 Posts: 22 Location: Singapore

According to Eenadu news on Friday 4,'2008, the night landing facility will be ready by next two months time. But do the Air Port Authorities have enough staff to regularise the traffic & travellers? At present there is no much traffic via rajahmundry. I hope the situation improves, once the nightlanding facility is established.
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J. Balaji

MoU signed for modernisation

VISAKHAPATNAM: The Rs. 3-crore work to install night landing facilities in the World War II airport in Rajahmundry will be ready in a month.

The work includes installing Doppler Very High Frequency Omni Range Navigation (DVOR) in the small airport which is about 8 km. north of Rajahmundry. Sources say the work along with the construction of a new terminal to accommodate 150 passengers (from the present 10 passengers) and expanding the present runway from 5830 feet to 7500 feet, are part of the Rs.23 crore MoU signed by the Andhra Pradesh government with the Airport Authority of India (AAI) in February last year for modernising the airport.

While the construction of the new terminal building is progressing, the runway expansion proposal is stalled by the problem of land acquisition.

The small airport was used by Vayudoot flights between 1985 and 1994 and presently Deccan Aviation is operating an ATR-72 propeller aircraft on the Hyderabad-Rajahmundry-Chennai and back route. Besides, the air strip is extensively used by the helicopters of the ONGC and other government agencies for its offshore oil exploration operations.

Sources add that the air connectivity to Rajahmundry will improve once the runway is expanded as it will be easy for the people in East and West Godavari and Khammam districts to get a flight.

source : http://www.hindu.com/2008/05/29/stories/2008052951360300.htm

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