Mumbai: Maritime Energy Heli Air Services (Mehair), a Juhu based aviation company which is set to introduce Juhu airport – Girgaum Chowpatty shuttle seaplane services, is looking to introduce similar service between Mumbai and Pipavav port.
The company is in talks with APM Terminals, the port operator, for the seaplane connectivity, a Mehair official said.
"There are several companies around the port area which would also like to use the seaplane services," the official said.
At present it takes about 12-14 hours by road to reach Pipavav from Mumbai and air connectivity from Mumbai to nearest airport Diu is intermittent with a flight taking off mid-day and expensive. Also it takes about two hours from Diu to reach the port, and flights to Bhavnagar, from where it takes four hours to reach the port, have been discontinued recently.
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The company is in talks with APM Terminals, the port operator, for the seaplane connectivity, a Mehair official said.
"There are several companies around the port area which would also like to use the seaplane services," the official said.
At present it takes about 12-14 hours by road to reach Pipavav from Mumbai and air connectivity from Mumbai to nearest airport Diu is intermittent with a flight taking off mid-day and expensive. Also it takes about two hours from Diu to reach the port, and flights to Bhavnagar, from where it takes four hours to reach the port, have been discontinued recently.
28/06/16 Shahkar Abidi/DNA
