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Passenger postulation astatine the Visakhapatnam airdrome has risen 170% successful 11 years, from 10.98 lakh successful 2014-15 to 29.68 lakh successful 2025-26. The airdrome volition people the milestone connected Monday (June 15, 2026), observing Yatri Suvidha Diwas.
This maturation reflects the airport’s improvement into the premier aviation gateway for northbound coastal Andhra Pradesh. Aircraft movements person seen a parallel rise, climbing from 11,306 to 21,799 implicit the aforesaid period, signalling the airport’s increasing value arsenic a determination logistics and commercialized hub.
Infrastructure upgrades to conscionable demand
To accommodate this postulation spike, the airdrome has undergone infrastructure modernisation. A terminal enlargement commissioned successful October 2022 accrued the facility’s footprint from 20,000 sq m to 30,000 sq m, raising its handling capableness to 3.6 cardinal passengers a year. Further reinforcing the rider experience, the airdrome added an expanded information clasp country successful September 2024, with improved seating and boarding facilities.
“These structural improvements guarantee that the airdrome tin support work excellence portion supporting the record-breaking influx of travelers,” In-charge Airport Director N. Purushottam told The Hindu connected Sunday (June 14, 2026).
Prioritising the rider experience
The Yatri Suvidha Diwas lawsuit is designed to prioritise the rider experience, which remains astatine the halfway of each airdrome developments.
Mr. Purushottam, said specified initiatives were captious for nonstop rider engagement and for recognising the efforts of frontline staff. He said that arsenic the airdrome continued its travel of growth, modernisation and sustainability, rider restitution would stay astatine the bosom of each its initiatives.
By integrating technologies specified arsenic Digi Yatra, present utilized by astir 30% of departing passengers, alongside barrier-free entree and escaped Wi-Fi, the airdrome continues to amended convenience for its expanding idiosyncratic base. The solemnisation volition diagnostic community-focused activities, including wellness camps, a tree-plantation thrust and the felicitation of indispensable staff.
