About Swami Vivekananda International Airport

SSwami Vivekananda International Airport (IATA: RPR, ICAO: VARP) (formerly
known as Mana Airport) is the primary airport serving the state of
Chhattisgarh, India. The airport is centrally located at Mana, 15 km (9.3
mi) south of Raipur between the old city and the new seat of the state
government Naya Raipur. In 2006, this Airport witnessed an 82% increase in
passenger traffic (the highest in the country for that year). The Airport is
one of the 35 non-metro airports recently modernised by the Airports
Authority of India (AAI).
On 24 January 2012, the Union cabinet of India approved the State
Government's proposal for renaming Raipur airport after the well known
Indian saint Swami Vivekananda who spent 2 years of his teenage in Raipur.
It is currently served by Air India, Jet Airways and IndiGo while Kingfisher
Airlines suspended its operations in November 2011 due to its bad financial
condition.
There are also non-scheduled services by Air Odisha to Bhubaneswar and Air
Taxi services by Chhattisgarh Air Link which flies from here to other cities
of Chhattisgarh.
The proposed international terminal is being upgraded along with the runway
expansion project to enable the airport to handle larger aircraft for
starting international operations, connecting the city to South-East Asia
and the Middle East. The new terminal will be used for domestic flights,
while the proposed international terminal is being renovated to handle
international operations. Currently 4 international carriers have shown
interest to start operations to Bangkok, Dubai, Qatar and Singapore once the
airport is ready to start international operations.
A new integrated terminal covering an area of 18,500 m2 (4.6 acres). The
building is designed to handle 700 passengers including 200 international
flyers at a time.
The AAI has also cleared the way for starting air cargo operations from the
airport by giving nod to develop the old terminal building into a cargo
complex.
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