Stakeholders pitch for night landing facility at Sgr airport

Srinagar: With the Instrumentation Landing System readying for take off at the Srinagar International Airport, the stakeholders are pitching for night landing facility on the aerodrome in a bid to give fillip to the tourism sector and ensure more job avenues for the youth in Jammu and Kashmir.
This time around, flights at the Srinagar airport are able to land or take off only during the daytime, between 9 AM to 4.30 PM.
This, according to observers, was impeding the commercial airlines to operate night flights for the aspiring flyers to and from Srinagar. “The timing bar is a big factor that hampers the commercial airlines to operate more flights to and from Srinagar. The airlines do feel the need of operating more commercial flights from Jammu and Delhi to Srinagar and vice versa,” said station manager of a commercial airline, insisting not to be named. “In summers particularly, the airlines experience a heavy rush of flyers to the Valley wherein they sometimes operate two flights a day. But due to bar on flights operating at the Srinagar airport, it is not possible for them to explore the option of pressing more flights into service.”
25/12/10 Faheem Aslam/Greater Kashmir

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Categories: Airports Dec 2010