An international airport with world-class set up is coming up in Andhra Pradesh, The union government gave all the necessity clearances like environmental clearance for the establishment of Bhogapuram International Airport in AP.A fatty budget has been allotted to develop this airport with world-class facilities. It is being constructed 45 km away from Visakhapatnam city.
The Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has given their approval for the construction the airport under a Design, Build, Finance, Operate and Transfer (DBFOT) concession framework.
The total investment estimated will be around Rs 2260.73 crore. The AP government has created a special purpose vehicle Bhogapuram International Airport Corporation Ltd has been formed to take up the project.
The current proposal is for phase-I of the airport where the airstrip will be developed to cater to the operation of Airbus-A380 type of aircraft. The existing Visakhapatnam airport faces a lot of air traffic.This new airport with its hi-tech facilities will help to reduce the air traffic load at the existing Visakhapatnam airport as its capacity will be exhausted in next few years.
