Upgraded Belagavi Airport inaugurated

Upgraded Belagavi Airport inaugurated

Belagavi: The upgraded Belagavi Airport was inaugurated by Shri Siddaramaiah, Chief Minister of Karnataka and Shri P. Ashok GajapathiRaju, Union Minister for Civil Aviation in the august presence of Shri Ananth Kumar, Union Minister of Chemicals & Fertilizers and Parliamentary Affairs; Member of Parliament Shri Sanjay B. Patil, Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly and Smt. SanjyotBandekar, Mayor, Belagavi City Corporation as the guests of honour. 
 
Belagavi is the second capital of Karnataka having SuvarnaVidhanaSoudha for the winter sessions of state’s Legislative Assembly. Belagavi is 502 km from Bengaluru and 200 km from Goa Airport. The city is one of the 20 cities selected in the first phase, for development as a smart city under the Government of India’s Smart Cities Mission. 
 
The New Terminal, a centrally air-conditioned building, with an area of 3,600 sqm has a capacity to handle 300 peak hour passengers at a time. It has all essential passenger friendly amenities and conveniences and is provided with CUTE-enabled Check-in Counters, Baggage Conveyors, Elevator, Public Address System, Fire Fighting & Fire Alarm System, Flight Information Display System (FIDS), CCTV, Baggage scanners and Car parking etc. 
 
At present, Belagavi Airport has two daily flights connecting Bengaluru and Mumbai Airports with Q-400 type of aircraft. Belagavi Airport handled close to 1 lakh passengers during the year 2016-17.

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