Rajiv Gandhi International Airport

Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (IATA: HYD, ICAO: VOHS) is an international airport serving the metropolis of Hyderabad located at Shamshabad, about 22 km (14 mi) south of Hyderabad.

It was named after Rajiv Gandhi, the former Prime Minister of India, by the former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy. It replaced the former international airport at Begumpet and commercial flight operations began on 23 March 2008. Rajiv Gandhi International Airport is India's second public-private partnership airport venture after Cochin International Airport. Its domestic terminal is named after former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh N. T. Rama Rao. It is the fifth-busiest airport in India by international and overall passenger traffic.

Rajiv Gandhi Airport was the highest-ranked Indian airport by Skytrax in 2013. It serves as a hub for spicejet, Lufthansa Cargo, TruJet, and Blue Dart Aviation and as a focus city for Air India and Jet Airways.

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