An airport can be structurally complete and still not be ready to fly. At Alluri Sitarama Raju International Airport at Bhogapuram, that distinction defines the project. Developed under a public-private partnership (PPP) between GMR Group and the Government of Andhra Pradesh at a cost of over Rs 56.40 billion, the greenfield airport began commercial operations on August 17, 2026, with an initial capacity of 6 million passengers annually. Its 77,342-sq-m terminal, 3,800-m Code 4E runway, 18 aircraft stands and 55-m ATC tower establish the scale. The more revealing story, however, is how the project was engineered to work as one system.

From packages to performance

“The most challenging part of commissioning Vizag was not making individual systems work but making them work together seamlessly,” says Prabhakara Rao Indana, Deputy Managing Director, GMR Group...

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