Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the new integrated terminal building of Veer Savarkar International Airport, Port Blair tomorrow. Mr. Modi will inaugurate it through video conferencing. The inauguration of the new terminal building, built at a cost of around 710 crore rupees will play a key role in boosting connectivity of Andaman and Nicobar. With a total built up area of around 40,800 sqm, the new terminal building will be capable of handling about 50 lakh passengers annually. An Apron suitable for two Boeing-767-400 and two Airbus-321 types of aircraft has also been constructed at the airport at a cost of 80 crore rupees, making the airport now suitable for parking of ten aircrafts at a time.
