By IANS
Hyderabad : A Kingfisher flight A320 with about 50 journalists and company officials became the first plane to land at the new international airport near here Tuesday.
The passengers clapped and cheered loudly as the aircraft flying from Mumbai touched down at 3.10 p.m. at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at Shamshabad, about 25 km from here.
An IANS correspondent was on board the plane. Two more flights from Mumbai are expected to land at the airport later Tuesday. The present airport in Hyderabad is located in the heart of the city.
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