The Hindu – Online

Nyooz – Online

Apart from Indian tourists going to Sri Lanka, the direct flight provides a convenient option to tourists from Sri Lanka visiting the tourist spots and Buddhist heritage sites in Visakhapatnam city and North Andhra districts. The flight is also a boon to Sri Lankan nationals working in Brandix Apparels at Atchutapuram.

Air passengers can directly fly to Maldives, Mauritius, Hong Kong, China and Japan directly from Vizag by taking direct boarding passes issued along with baggage check-in from Vizag itself with a brief stopover in Colombo, say Tours and Travels Association of Andhra (TTAA) chairman O. Naresh Kumar and its president K. Vijay Mohan.