India, Jan. 4 -- The first commercial validation flight landed at Andhra Pradesh's Bhogapuram International Airport in Vizianagaram district, around 50 kilometres from the city of Visakhapatnam, on Sunday morning. This marked a major milestone towards completion of the project by June this year.

The Air India flight, an Airbus 320, arrived at the Bhogapuram airport from New Delhi at 11 am on Sunday as part of trial operations. The aircraft received a grand welcome with ceremonial water cannons, marking the successful completion of the first trial run on the 3.8-km runway.

The test run was conducted to validate the airport's airside infrastructure, navigational aids, runway systems, and operational readiness, in line with the guidelines ...