A greenfield international airport, maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) facility and an aero city will be developed at Bhogapuram in the backward district of Vizianagaram, about 40 km from here.
Secretary, Energy, Infrastructure and Investment Department, Ajay Jain said here on Friday that as the existing international airport at Visakhapatnam, being under the control of Navy, was beyond the scope of expansion, the State Government had decided to set up a greenfield airport at Bhogapuram.
The land for required facilities had been identified. Civil Aviation Minister P. Ashok Gajapati Raju hails from Vizianagaram.
Mr. Jain was speaking at daylong discussions being held at Hotel Novotel in connection with the launch of the Infrastructure Mission. He said they had drawn plans to modernise Tirupati, Vijayawada, Rajahmundry and Kadapa airports, and develop brownfield airports at Nagarjunasagar and Donakonda and no- frills airports at Kuppam, Dagadarthi, Oravakallu, TP Gudem and Ongole.
He said besides a major port by the Centre at Dugarajapatnam, the government was proposing to set up minor ports at Machilipatnam, Nizampatnam, Vodarevu, Meghavaram (captive), Nakkapalli and Kakinada SEZ.
