The record
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- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the new Alluri Sitarama Raju International Airport at Bhogapuram in Vizianagaram district on August 1, with commercial flight operations shifting from Visakhapatnam's INS Dega airport around mid-August 2026.
- The ₹4,750-crore Phase-1 greenfield project, built by GMR under a public-private partnership, has a 78,000 sq m terminal for six million passengers a year and a 3,800-metre runway capable of handling wide-body aircraft.
- The airport has secured key clearances including the DGCA Aerodrome Licence, security clearances, and customs and immigration designations.
- Flyers from Visakhapatnam, including residents of areas like Madhurawada, will now travel to Bhogapuram, and authorities are speeding up expressway and approach road works ahead of the transition.
What to watch next
- Confirmation of the exact date commercial operations begin, expected around August 15
- Official communication on when flight services at the current INS Dega airport will end
- Progress of expressway and approach road connectivity works before the August shift
Why it matters4
Who is affected first and what likely follows, with a direction and a horizon. Extracted from the reports, never invented.
- Visakhapatnam air travelers airport transition· weeks
- GMR Group asset operational· weeks
- Andhra Pradesh regional connectivity capacity expansion· longer
- INS Dega naval airfield operational shift· weeks
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Named India · Air India · Alluri Sitarama Raju (ASR) International Airport · Bhogapuram · Bureau of Civil Aviation Security · Directorate General of Civil Aviation · GMR family · GMR Visakhapatnam International Airport Limited · INS Dega · Madhurawada · Narendra Modi · N. Chandrababu Naidu · N. Purushottam
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