With the support of the Centre, Andhra Pradesh government will set up an aviation academy at Puttaparti in Anantapuramu district.
This was announced by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu in Hyderabad yesterday where he said that the academy would come up on a 150-acre site in the next three months.
The Chief Minister met aero industrialists and manufacturers who were in Hyderabad to participate in India Aviation Expo and discussed the possibility of developing aviation industry in Andhra Pradesh.
While a greenfield international airport would be developed at Bhigapuram near Visakhapatnam, aerospace and defence manufacturing units would be set up in Anantapuramu district.
The state government would also develop five regional airports at Kuppam, Dagadarthi, Donakonda, Orvakallu and Nagarjuna Sagar.
