Question : Facilities at Visakhapatnam Airport

(a) whether due to lack of public transport at the Visakhapatnam airport, the people are forced to walk along with their luggage from the airport to National Highway to get a cab or taxi;

(b) if so, the details thereof; and

(c) the steps Government is taking to provide public transport at the Visakhapatnam airport for middle class air passengers going by flights to various destinations from the airport?

The Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION
(Shri Jayant Sinha)

(a) to (c): No, Madam. Prepaid taxi, cabs and Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (APSRTC) buses are available at Visakhapatnam Airport for the passengers. Further, Airports Authority of India has requested the APSRTC for increasing the frequency of buses to and from the city and nearby places.