Hyderabad: Telugu Desam president N. Chandrababu Naidu is the highest flying politician this election season. He has taken 15 chartered flights in the past two weeks of his election campaign.
A close second is cine actor Pawan Kalyan who has only recently entered politics, but has already notched up 11 flights in two weeks. Begumpet airport has been kept busy with their comings and goings.
Among the other frequent fliers are Mr K. Chandrasekhar Rao of the Telangana Rashtra Samiti and Mr Ponnala Lakshmaiah who have made 10 trips each in the last two weeks.
At current commercial rates, a single trip costs between Rs 3 lakh and Rs 8 lakh depending on the distance. Five chartered flights were booked from Shamashabad airport (Rajiv Gandhi International Airport) between April 1 and 7, and nine flights from April 8 to date, but the details of passengers is not available.
16/04/14 Amrita Didyala/Deccan Herald
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A close second is cine actor Pawan Kalyan who has only recently entered politics, but has already notched up 11 flights in two weeks. Begumpet airport has been kept busy with their comings and goings.
Among the other frequent fliers are Mr K. Chandrasekhar Rao of the Telangana Rashtra Samiti and Mr Ponnala Lakshmaiah who have made 10 trips each in the last two weeks.
At current commercial rates, a single trip costs between Rs 3 lakh and Rs 8 lakh depending on the distance. Five chartered flights were booked from Shamashabad airport (Rajiv Gandhi International Airport) between April 1 and 7, and nine flights from April 8 to date, but the details of passengers is not available.
16/04/14 Amrita Didyala/Deccan Herald
