Vizag: Vizag airport will resume operations from Friday, after sustaining extensive damages in the wake of cyclone Hudhud. The decision to resume operation was taken by the Director General of Civil Aviation, the Bureau Civil Aviation Security in consultation with various airlines.
Air India will restart its operations on Friday, with the following schedule:
AI 251- Departure from Delhi at 13:30 hours and Arrival at Visakhapatnam at 15:40 hours and it will depart from Visakhapatnam at 16:30 hours and arrive at Hyderabad at 17:30 hours.
Nine other airlines will start functioning on Saturday, with the following tentative schedule, which will be finalized and announced on Friday.
Tentative revised domestic Flight Schedule w.e.f 18-10-2014 in the following order:
S.No) Flight No.
Operator
Arrival
Departure
Days of operation
1) LB - 651 / LB 696
Air Costa
Hyd. 08-10
Bangalore 08-30
Daily
2) AI - 952/ AI 452
Air India
Hyd. 08-00
Delhi 08-45
Daily
3) SG - 401 / SG - 226
Spicejet
Mumbai / Hyd. 09-30
Hyd./Delhi 10-00
Daily
4) 6E 248 / 6E 241
Indigo
Mumbai / Hyd. 12-45
Hyd. / Mumbai 13-15
Daily
5) 6E 492 / 6E 492
Indigo
Bangalore 13-15
Bhubaneswar 13-45
2, 3, 5, 7
6) LB 636 / LB 636
Air Costa
Vijayawada
13-35
Tirupathi 14-00
Daily
7) 6E 491 / 6E 491
Indigo
Bhubaneswar 14-55
Bangalore 15-25
1, 4, 6
8) 6E 313 / 6E 306
Indigo
Delhi / Hyd.
16-55
Hyd. / Delhi 17-25
Daily
9) LB 665 / LB 665
Air Costa
Tirupathi 16-55
Vijayawada 17-15
Daily
10) 6E 605 / 6E 608
Indigo
Delhi / 10-00
Hyd. / Mumbai / 10.30
Daily
11) AI 451 / AI 951
Air India
Delhi / 15-30
Hyderabad / 16-20
Daily
International operations will restart after some time. The intention is to start immigration facilities at the earliest so that international flights can start by November 1.
Provisions are being made for the reopening of four counters to facilitate check-in for passengers. Efforts are also being made to reconstruct in a short duration, toilets, shops and food counters for passengers. The existing VIP lounge is also being made available to senior citizens, women and infants. The conveyor belt and aero bridge will also be made operational after due inspections.
The radar antenna, which was completely damaged, will be replaced and made functional within a month. Restoration, repair and renovation work relating to the civilian terminal will start immediately and is likely to be completed within the next three months.
For the time being, however, the Vizag airport will operate with no air conditioning and minimal furnishing.
Large portions of the terminal building including glasses, rooftop covering, air conditioning, computer systems, communication systems, electrical connections were destroyed by the fury of cyclone Hudhud that struck Andhra Pradesh and Odisha on 12 October. Glass sheets and lighting towers were also damaged.
Immediately after the cyclone, the navigational aids including DVOR (Doppler Very high frequency Range), ILS (Instrument Landing System), DME (Distance Measurement Estimation), PAPI (Precession Approach Path Indicator) were restored and the airport was made operational for relief planes.
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