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Kurnool Airport inaugurated in Andhra Pradesh
March 29 , 2021
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- Union Minister for Civil Aviation Hardeep Singh Puri and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy inaugurated Kurnool Airport at Orvakal in Andhra Pradesh.
- Kurnool is the sixth airport in Andhra Pradesh to become functional after Kadapa, Visakhapatnam, Tirupati, Rajahmundry and Vijayawada.
- The flight operations at Kurnool airport will commence under the Regional Connectivity Scheme – Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik (RCS-UDAN).
- Direct flight operations to Bengaluru, Vishakhapatnam and Chennai will bring the region closer to the major hubs in South India.
- These routes were approved by MoCA under the UDAN-4 bid process in 2020.
Kurnool
- Kurnool is the judicial capital of Andhra Pradesh.
- The city of Kurnool lies on the banks of Tungabhadra river.
- The Nallamalas mountain range runs parallel to it.
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