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Shamshabad is World’s Number 1 Airport! 2011/2/16 8:33:56
The Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at Shamshabad in Hyderabad has been voted as the number one airport in the world. This was announced by the Airforce International Council.
This is the second time in a row that Shamshabad airport has been rated as number one in the world. The New Delhi airport stands at the fourth place. Andhra News : Shamshabad is World’s Number 1 Airport!
Shamshabad airport to open on 23 2008/3/20 5:48:21 
The commercial operations at the Rajiv Gandhi International airport at Shamshabad will commence from March 23. The operations are delayed due to some disagreement over the ground handling charges at Shamshabad.
Some private airline operators took objection to the high rates quoted by the private handling companies. The problem has now been sorted out and the airport will commence commercial operations in a couple of days. The civil aviation ministry has issued a notification to this effect today.
However the road connectivity to Shamshabad from the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad remains a big problem and it is expected to take a few more months for the road widening works along the road to Shamshabad to be completed.
Andhra News : Shamshabad airport to open on 23
Special flight from Begumpet to Shamshabad 2008/2/11 10:46:22 The new international airport at Shamshabad is almost ready. The airport officials are beginning a trail run from February 12. A special flight belonging to the Kingfisher Airlines will take off from the Begumpet airport and will land at the international airport at Shamshabad.
Chief minister YS Rajashekar Reddy, ministers, MPs, MLAs, other VIPs and media personnel will fly in the special flight. The flight will carry 120 people and will take off from Begumpet at 8.00 a.m.
The new airport will be formally inaugurated by Sonia Gandhi on March 14. Regular operations will commence from the midnight of March 15.
Andhra News : Special flight from Begumpet to Shamshabad
Shamshabad world’s number one in user charges! 2008/3/13 5:06:51 
The Shamshabad airport or the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport is all set to commence commercial operations from the wee hours of March 16. The congress chief Sonia Gandhi will formally inaugurate the airport on March 14. The GNR group which has built the airport and manages the airport has proposed to levy user charges at the rate of Rs 700 per passenger. But following widespread protests, the group has decided to keep it in abeyance for some time.
But the airport will collect user charges from international passengers. The charges will be at the rate of $25 per passenger. This is the highest at any airport being collected at any airport in the world. The charges at Dubai are Rs. 330, while at Singapore it is Rs. 612. Even at Heathrow, the charges are less than 1,000. But from April 1 they will go up slightly and the new charges will be Rs. 1044. That is about 44 rupees more than Shamshabad. But till April 1, Shamshabad will hold the distinction of the number one spot for collecting the highest sum as user charges from passengers.
Andhra News : Shamshabad world’s number one in user charges!
Shamshabad blues 2007/12/15 3:46:21 The date for the inauguration of the new International Airport at Shamshabad is fast approaching. With less than three months to go for the inauguration of the airport, the state government is now worried about the connectivity issue.
The government is yet to begin work on the Mass rail transport system. It would be a virtual challenge for people going to Shamshabad to catch flight. With the present traffic jams, people are already worried about the prospect of having to catch a flight from Shamshabad.
The measures of the government like introducing cabs and special buses hardly address the problem. A dedicated rail corridor connecting the airport from various parts o the city is the only solution. But it is still nowhere in sight.
Andhra News : Shamshabad blues
Hi-tech cabs at Shamshabad airport 2007/10/29 10:17:44 The new international airport at Shamshabad is progressing at a fast pace and the first flight will take of as schedule in March 2008. The government also plans to introduce state of the art cabs fitted with GPRS.
The government has decided to give permission to only those taxi operators who command a fleet of a minimum 100 cabs. The drivers will also have to be literate and be able to speak English fluently in addition to Telugu/Hindi.
The Shamshabad airport is about 30 kms away from the city and the government wants to make it as easy, safe and comfortable for passenger arriving in Hyderabad to reach their destinations.Andhra News : Hi-tech cabs at Shamshabad airport
Begumpet airport to stay? 2007/11/22 1:28:46 The state government as well as many people in the twin cities are of the opinion that the Begumpet airport should stay and continue operate domestic flights even after the new international airport at Shamshabad is inaugurated.
Many cities across the world have two airports. Even in India, cities like Mumbai have two airports. But the GMR group is silent on the issue. The group has put a clause in the contract that no airport will be allowed to come up within a radius of 150 kms of the new international airport at Shamshabad. It now remains to be seen if the government can find a way out in the issue.
Andhra News : Begumpet airport to stay?
All roads lead to Shamshabad 2008/3/22 3:32:23 
It’s finally curtains for the Begumpet airport. The central government and the civil aviation ministry have issued a notification announcing the closure of the Begumpet airport from the midnight of March 22. The commercial operations at the Rajiv Gandhi international airport will commence from the wee hours of 23 March.
The firs flight to land at Shamshabad will be the Lufthansa. The flight from Frankfurt will land at Shamshabad a little after midnight and take off after about half an hour.
The last flight to land and take off from Begumpet airport is the air India flight from Pune. The flight will land at 12.05 and take off for Singapore at about 12.45. The airport will be closed immediately after that.
Andhra News : All roads lead to Shamshabad
New International Inauguration on March 2 2007/8/17 10:24:25
The New International Airport at Shamshabad is fast nearing completion. Almost 90 per cent of the works have been completed and the airport is likely to be inaugurated on March 2, 2008. The trial run will commence from November and the first flight wil land in November. With the inauguration of the new airport on March 2, the existing airport at Begumpet will cease to function
Andhra News : New International Inauguration on March 2
New airport crosses one lakh mark 2008/3/28 18:22:46 The newly built Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at Shamshabad has commenced commercial operations from last Sunday. The airport is one of the biggest Greenfield airports in Asia and has been built in public-private participation by GMR.
The airport has so far handled one lakh passenger in the first six days of its operations. About 20 per cent of this are international passengers while the remaining 80 percent account for domestic passengers.
Andhra News : New airport crosses one lakh mark
User charges @ Shamshabad airport increased 2010/10/27 18:04:46
Those who often use Shamshabad airport for their travels need to pay few more bucks extra as user charges from November 1st onwards. The user charges for domestic passengers will be Rs.430 where as previously it was Rs.340 only (26% raised).For International passengers it was decided to collect Rs.1700 where as previously it was Rs.907 only (87% raised).
In fact GMR which is running the airport on contract basis has appealed AERA to allow it to increase the user charges for domestic passengers Rs 500 and Rs.2825 for international passengers, stating that there were heavy losses occurred with the present tariff. But, AERA allowed it to collect above mentioned charges only.
Andhra News : User charges @ Shamshabad airport increased
Trial run at Shamshabad 2007/10/10 4:30:16 
The ministry of civil aviation will conduct trial runs at the International Airport at Shamshabad from November. During the trial run, flights will take off and land and the runway will also be inspected. The mock trial run will also check the efficiency of the security measures in place as well as the cargo handling capacity and efficiency. The airport will be thrown open to public as scheduled in March 2008.Andhra News : Trial run at Shamshabad
Immigration made easier at new airport 2007/8/2 0:43:18 
Good news for all international travelers. The new international airport is coming up very fast at Shamshabad,. The modern airport will be one of the biggest in the country and ill have many facilities to make travel easy for the passengers.
The airport authorities are setting up 45 immigration desks for the convenience of passengers. The desks can handle about 20,000 passengers every day. The first flight from the new airport is slated to take off in 2008. Andhra News : Immigration made easier at new airport
Shamshabad airport put on hold! 2008/3/15 5:22:50 This has come as a sort of an anti-climax. After the much publicized news of the shifting of commercial operations from Begumpet to Shamshabad, now comes news that the shifting has been put on hold. The operations at Shamshabad will not commence as announced from the wee hours of 16 March.
The union civil aviation authorities have released a note in this regard. The note says that some private airlines have requested for more time to shift their operations from Begumpet. It is however not clear how long it will take. While the GMR officials say that it could be just a matter of 10 days, some officials are saying off the record that it could take anywhere up to three months.
Andhra News : Shamshabad airport put on hold!
Trial Run for International Airport 2008/2/9 4:40:56 
The new International airport at Shamshabad is almost ready. The trial runs for the airport will begin from February 12. The first flight to get the honours of landing at the airport will go to Kingfisher Airlines.
Sonia Gandhi will formally inaugurate the airport on March 14. The first commercial flight will take off from the new airport after midnight on March 15. The operations at the Begumpet airport will come to a standstill on the midnight of March 15.
The coactivity to the international airport is still a big problem. The proposed Light rail system will not be in place before 2010. The airport authorities have entered into an understanding with a private tour operator to run air-conditioned coaches from all corners of the city to the airport. These buses will be fully air-conditioned and the charge from any point in the city to the airport has been fixed at a flat rate of 99 rupees.
A couple of tour operators have also been given permission by the government to operate full air-conditioned cabs with GPRS system to pick up and drop passenger at the new airport. Initially, around 500 cabs will come into operation by the first week of March. The figure will go up gradually to 1,000 cabs in a few months.
Andhra News : Trial Run for International Airport
Passenger amenities woefully inadequate at new airport 2008/3/25 2:42:22 
The passengers as well as the visitors who come to the airport to receive or send off their relatives are having a tough time. There are not proper arrangements to seat the passengers’ as well s visitors at the visitors lobby. There are hardly 50 seats at each level! This is wholly inadequate as the seating will barely suffice the requirement as thousands of the passengers will be t he airport at any given time.
The visitors as well as passengers are also having a tough time in terms of refreshments. There is just one outlet in the visitors lobby serving beverages and snacks like samosas and puffs. The prices are also prohibitively expensive. A cup of coffee costs 60 rupees and a single puff about 30 rupees. The rates inside the terminal are even higher, a cup of coffee is priced at 100 rupees and a plate of idly will lighten your purse by 120 rupees. Andhra News : Passenger amenities woefully inadequate at new airport
RGIA – Love at first sight 2008/3/25 2:20:11 
The newly opened Rajiv Gandhi International airport at Shamshabad has opened to some mixed repose by passengers. The sprawling Greenfield airport looks majestic amidst vast expenses of greenery. The airport is a visual treat with open structure with glass frontage.
The airport has three levels. The ground floor has been reserved for car parking. The first floor is for arrivals and the second level is for departures. The airport offers a majestic view of the runway and also the parked aircraft in the parking bay. Children in particular are enjoying the majestic view, the escalators and the colourful aircraft belonging to different airlines parked in the parking bays.
The only glitch is that the airport is a bit too far from any point in the city. The inner ring road and the outer ring road will take at least another one year to complete. The PV Narasimha Rao expressway from Masab Tank to the airport is also likely to take anywhere between 6 to 9 months to be completed. Till then the passengers will have to bear the traffic snarls and bottlenecks at various points to the airport.
Andhra News : RGIA – Love at first sight
Is TV9 Blackmailing GMR? 2008/5/17 11:53:23 Is the 24x7 private TV news channel TV9 blackmailing the GMR group. It appears so going by the way the channel has been playing up a story on the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at Shamshabad.
The airport has been built by the GMR group. The TV9 story focused on the poor amenities for passengers at the airport and the woes of passengers in term of parking etc.
The story also threw light on the lax security arrangements at the airport. So far so good. The channel first telecast the story on Wednesday. It repeated the story several times on Wednesday. Many people were surprised to see an old story appearing on the 24 hours 'breaking news' channel for the umpteenth time on day two.
But the biggest surprise was that the same story was telecast once again on day three i.e. Friday. People who watched the story on all three days were seen murmuring as to what could be the motive of TV9 in repeating the same story day after day. Are they trying to extract something from GMR?
Andhra News : Is TV9 Blackmailing GMR?
SHC ignores returning Haj pilgrims 2011/11/13 13:38:11 The Andhra Pradesh State Haj Committee has given a complete miss to the Haj pilgrims who started returning home in the early hours of Sunday.
Unlike the warm send-off that was given to 8,028 pilgrims last month, the SHC appears to have decided to simply ignore their return journey. The first flight of Saudi Airlines carrying 295 pilgrims touched down the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at Shamshabad at 5.05 am on Sunday, after two hours delay. However, the SHC did not make any arrangements at the airport for the pilgrims or their relatives who had to wait in open for several hours.
Nearly 2,000 relatives and friends have come to the airport to receive the pilgrims. However, except for a tent, the SHC made no other arrangement. Of 25 members of the SHC, only three persons including Chairman Syed Khaleeluddin Ahmed, CEO G Mahboob Peeran and a clerk came to the airport. However, their focus was not the pilgrims, but the Minority Welfare Department secretary Mohammad Ali Rafat who returned after performing Haj.Andhra News : SHC ignores returning Haj pilgrims
Police shift Yadireddy’s body to Moinabad, arrests scribes 2011/7/21 10:11:16 The police on Thursday detained media persons who had gone to the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Shamshabad, hoping to report on the arrival of the body of Yadireddy, who committed suicide for the cause of Telangana in New Delhi.
The police did not allow the media to cover the event and took Yadireddy’s body in an ambulance under tight security to Moinabad, Rangareddy district, his birth place.
Tension prevailed at Shamshabad airport for some time as heated arguments ensued between the police and the journalists. The scribes were objecting to the police not allowing them to cover the event.
When the situation seemingly went out of hand, the police arrested the journalists and shifted them to Rajendranagar police station.
The police also arrested TRS leaders Shravan Kumar and Nayani Narsimha Reddy when they sought police to shift the body to the Martyrs Memorial at Gun Park.(INN)Andhra News : Police shift Yadireddy’s body to Moinabad, arrests scribes
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Young rebel star Prabhas latest movie 'Rebel' will wraps-up its shooting on March 12th. Currently, the unit is filming talky part on the main star cast at Ramoji Film City. The last schedule of the movie will begin from tomorrow to Shamshabad Airport. 
