Civil Aviation Minister, Andhra Pradesh CM Inaugurate Kurnool Airport
Union Civil Aviation minister Hardeep Singh Puri and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Yeduguri Sandinti Jaganmohan Reddy inaugurated Kurnool Airport on Thursday. This is the 6th airport in Andhra Pradesh to become functional after Kadapa, Visakhapatnam, Tirupati, Rajahmundry, and Vijayawada. The flight operations would commence on 28th March 2021 under the Regional Connectivity Scheme – Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik (RCS-UDAN).
Flight operations to Bengaluru, Visakhapatnam, and Chennai from the airport will bring the region closer to the major hubs in South India. The routes were approved by MoCA under the UDAN-4 bid process in 2020.