Puducherry airport to be ready from Jan 2017

PUDUCHERRY: An MoU has been signed between the Puducherry government, Civil Aviation Ministry and the Airports Authority of India to operationalise the Puducherry Airport in January next year. A statement said, "The process to operationalise the flights is likely to be completed and flight operations would be started by January 2017." It also said the government has proposed to have air connectivity to and from nearby cities, mostly within 500 km radius, and that the "cost of fare is going to be only Rs 2,500 which is certainly affordable." .