Raipur aiport renamed after Swami Vivekanand
January 24th, 2012 - 9:02 pm ICT by IANSNew Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) The union cabinet Tuesday approved the renaming of the Mana Airport at Raipur as Swami Vivekanand Airport to fulfil a long-pending demand of the people of Chhattisgarh and pay homage to the renowned spiritual leader.
Swami Vivekanand spent a major part of his life in Raipur, capital of Chhattisgarh.
The Raipur Airport, under the Airports Authority of India (AAI), is suitable for operation of A-320 type of aircraft.
Presently Air India, Jet Airways/Jetlite and Kingfisher are operating around 85 domestic flights per week to/from Raipur.
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