Hyderabad, March 3 -- Union civil aviation minister K Ram Mohan Naidu has indicated that Begumpet Airport may be made operational for commercial flights.

He also said that the centre is planning to start an amphibious seaplane service between Hyderabad and Srisailam.

Mamnoor airport

Meanwhile, the minister also announced that the Airports Authority of India (AAI) is ready with a plan for the terminal and runway at Mamnoor airport.

Once operational, Mamnoor airport will become the second functional airport in Telangana.

Currently, it is non-operational, having remained in service until 1981.

This airport, the largest pre-independence era facility in the region, was built in 1930 and commissioned by the last Nizam, Mir Osman Ali Khan....