LGBI airport to get regional hub status

New Delhi: In what could mean fulfilment of a long-pending demand, the Civil Aviation Ministry has given its nod to set up its regional hub of operation at the Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport in Guwahati. The proposed hub is expected to become operational early next year.
The plan was finalised at a meeting between Union Minister for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), Bijoy Krishna Handique, and Civil Aviation Minister Vyalar Ravi. The meeting assumes significance in the backdrop of the recent incidents involving the civil aviation sector in the North-east. Passenger helicopter service is currently under suspension following back-to-back accidents involving Pawan Hans copters. Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Dorjee Khandu and 17 passengers were killed at Tawang in two separate accidents last month. The Alliance Air operation in the North-east has also drawn a lot of flak.
Emerging from the meeting, Handique told this newspaper that several important decisions were arrived at in the meeting on Friday morning.
20/05/11 Assam Tribune

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Categories: Airports May 2011