'Flights to southern metros from Nagpur soon'

Nagpur: Union civil aviation minister Praful Patel is now keen on getting Nagpur connected with southern metros of Chennai and Bangalore with direct flights. "I am talking to a couple of airlines to start direct flights to the two southern cities. I am hopeful that something works out in the next two months," said Patel.
He also announced that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will be visiting Gondia on February 9.
Talking to reporters at the airport, he said the airport modernisation work currently underway will be completed by March. The aviation minister dashed to the city to attend a wedding on Monday evening and hurriedly returned after an hour as he had to catch a flight to Davos from Mumbai.
Expressing satisfaction with the Union cabinet decision on airport transfer, Patel said no time should be wasted now in putting the joint venture company of Maharashtra Airport Development Company and the Airports Authority of India in place.
22/01/08 Times of India

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