V V Rao New Director of Mangaluru International Airport
Mangaluru: Mangaluru International Airport(MIA) has a new airport director. V V Rao replaced J T Radhakrishna who has been transferred in the same capacity to Calicut International Airport. Rao took charge as the airport director from Radhakrishna on Monday, 1 May 2017. Rao was the airport director at Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport, Amritsar prior to his current posting.
Radhakrishna joined MIA in October 2012 and worked since then as airport director. He has worked as head of engineering projects from 2004-2010 at MIA and executed the runway and terminal building projects during that time. Under his able leadership and guidance, the airport saw several infrastructure works and much development, including commissioning of the cargo terminal, the introduction of e-visa facility, new airlines, increased passenger traffic, parking bays for flight and more.
