Friday, July 22, 2016

Air India to make Pune as its base to ramp up Maharashtra connectivity

Mumbai: According to a report by Shahkar Abidi, in The DNA, the non-availability of slots at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA) may prompt Air India to use Pune as its base to ramp up the regional connectivity in Maharashtra, linking regions like Nanded, Amravati, Nashik and Shirdi. As part of its plan to develop civil aviation infrastructure in the state, the government has been holding meetings with the scheduled and unscheduled airlines. It has even envisaged a blueprint for the same, which is along the lines of the one recently released by the Central government.

“We may connect these cities may be by using Pune as our base and connecting it once with Mumbai. There is a severe shortage of slots availability at CSIA,” said Mukesh Bhatia, Regional Director (western region), Air India. Mumbai’s CSIA has almost reached its saturation level. The state has 28 airports and airstrips, of which four are under construction or proposed, two are private and one is not in use.
22/07/16 TravelBizMonitor
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