Test flight to Sahnewal a success

Sahnewal: Air India’s test flight between New Delhi and Ludhiana landed successfully at the Sahnewal Airport on Saturday.
A team of seven observers led by Engineer Devi Charan and two pilots Captain Sanjay Gupta and Captain Mangola came in the 48-seater plane. The observers said they did not find any difficulty in landing. They said everything went perfect and the same report would be submitted to the Airport Authority of India, which would further decide on a regular Ludhiana-Delhi flight schedule.
The regular flights are slated to start from the first week of May, though the exact schedule is yet to be fixed.
It had been a long pending demand of city residents to resume flights from the Sahnewal Airport, which were suspended a few years ago due to its small runway.
A group of Akali leaders led by former MP Sharanjit Singh Dhillon and Chief Parliamentary Secretary Harish Rai Dhanda reached the airport on Saturday with a cake and siropas to greet the Air India team.
18/04/10 Raakhi Jagga

To Read the News in full at Source, Click the Headline

Categories: Airports Apr 2010, NACIL Apr 2010, New Apr 2010