FOSTTA urges pvt airlines to start services from Surat

Surat: While the city of diamonds and textile is yet to get more flights to other domestic destinations despite its state-of-the-art airport facilities, the trade and industry bodies have begun to take up the issue with non-scheduled operators to start their flight services from Surat.
Federation of Surat Textile Traders Association (FOSTTA) has urged all major non-scheduled flight operators in the country to extend their domestic services in Mumbai and Ahmedabad to Surat in order to facilitate the air travellers in diamond and textile hub of Surat.
In a letter to Kingfisher, Jet Airways, Go Air, Indigo etc, FOSTTA said the city of diamonds and textile is the economic capital of Gujarat with the population likely to cross 50 lakh in the next couple of years. The city has got a state-of-the-art airport equipped with facilities to cater to domestic as well as international air traffic, yet there is only one flight between Surat and Delhi.
The FOSTTA office-bearers said there are more than 50,000 textile shops and some 400 textile processing units in Surat. Textile traders and others related to the industry frequently visit destinations like Delhi, Kolkata, Punjab, Mumbai, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Chennai etc for their business.
26/03/10 Melvyn Thomas/Times of India

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Categories: Airports Mar 2010