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The Vijayawada International Airport astatine Gannavaram has recorded an unprecedented surge successful rider engagement and gross procreation implicit the past 12 years, from 2014 to 2026, Airport Director M. Lakshmi Kantha Reddy has said.
In a connection connected Saturday, helium said the full yearly gross roseate from ₹5.98 crore successful 2014-2015 fiscal twelvemonth to ₹87.97 crore successful 2025–2026 fiscal year, marking a gross maturation of 1,370%, portion the yearly rider postulation expanded by 504.12%, surging from 2,33,617 travellers successful 2014-15 to 14,11,325 successful 2025-26.
In 2014, the airdrome was connected to conscionable 3 destinations— New Delhi, Hyderabad and Bengaluru. In summation to these, the airdrome is present straight connected to Mumbai, Chennai, Kadapa, Kurnool, Tirupati, and Visakhapatnam, helium said. The year-on-year commercialized formation movements grew by 225.58%, scaling from 5,386 successful 2014-15 to 17,536 flights per twelvemonth successful 2025-26, helium said.
The airdrome was besides formally designated arsenic an authoritative Indian embarkation constituent for the Haj pilgrimage successful 2023. The airdrome has managed the departure of 2,861 Haj pilgrims implicit the past 3 years, helium pointed out.
Following the operation of the interim 16,850 sq. m. terminal successful 2017, operation is rapidly progressing connected a Mega Integrated Terminal Building. Spanning 51,300 sq. m. with an concern of ₹791.59 crore, the terminal is connected way for completion by December 31, 2026, the Director said.
