There are 50 weekly flights being operated from here to various destinations in the world connecting the us, europe, Far East, Middle East, Australia, New Zealand and Africa.
It was former chief minister n chandrababu Naidu, who came out with the idea of making Hyderabad an aviation hub between Europe and China and had successfully pleaded with the Centrral government for permitting foreign airlines to operate from here.
The previous government also set up a greenfield international airport at Shamshabad in neighbouring Rangareddy district to be functional by 2008. At present, about 15,000 international passengers use the present airport situated in the heart of the city. It, however, is not adequately equipped to handle the rush while Shamsabad airport is designed to handle a large number of aircraft.
