While Vijayawada airport currently has small aircrafts connecting the city with Hyderabad, the other two have remained non-operational for want of minimum facilities.
The roads, buildings and transport department, which oversees the state aviation sector, has entrusted L&T Ramboll to submit a feasibility report on the development of the three airports as a single package. The consultancy firm submitted its report on the overall development of the state aviation sector in 2002. All the three airports are owned by the Airport Authority of India (AAI).
The state government, which is keen on developing smaller airports to improve the air connectivity across the state, has in the first stage identified the three places as the potential air-travel areas.
