‘Air Asia planning Vizag-KL flight’

August 22, 2014 11:04 pm | Updated November 12, 2016 05:03 am IST - VISAKHAPATNAM:

Air Asia is planning to launch a direct flight from Vizag to Kuala Lumpur during its winter schedule from November this year. IndiGo is also planning a morning flight from New Delhi to Vizag and back in its winter schedule, according to president of the Air Travellers Association (India) D. Varada Reddy.

SpiceJet is planning morning flights to Bangalore and Chennai. These additions will take the total number of flights from Vizag to 42. The routes in high demand from Vizag are Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai, Mr. Reddy told a media conference here on Friday.

On the facilities required at the cargo terminal at Visakhapatnam International Airport, he said that a big scanner and a fork lift should be provided. There was a slight difference in the level of ground between the old terminal and new terminal at the airport and this should be levelled to allow the aircraft to move to the old terminal without any problem.

Mr. Reddy said pharma major Hospira was sending 2,000 tons of cargo by air through Hyderabad every week. The delay in the commissioning the Integrated Cargo Complex was hitting exports from the city badly.

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