A four-member team of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) on Tuesday inspected different sites for development of a low-cost airport at Brahmapur. The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has a mandate to study feasibility of three new airport sites in the State.
The team visited the Ramachandrapur the outskirts of the city, a proposed site for development of a low-cost airport besides the Rangeilunda airstrip and held talks with local MlA Pradeep Panigrahi and the Executive Engineer, Roads and Buildings.
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) would set up low-cost airports in 51 cities across the country including Brahmapur, Rourkela and Keonjhar in Odisha with an aim to give a boost to the civil aviation sector and increase air connectivity to Tier-II and Tier-III cities.