Boeing 747-8 to land at SGRDJ airport

Amritsar: Despite an annual loss to the tune of Rs 20 crore, Sri Guru Ram Das Ji (SGRDJ) International Airport is being prepared as an alternate airport to Delhi for landing of Boeing 747-8 aircraft. The British Midland Airways Ltd, a subsidiary of Lufthansa Airlines is also going to begin its operations to London via Atmaty from October 13.
Earlier, Jet Airways and Singapore Airlines had closed their operations from Amritsar on December 2008 and February 2009 owing to various reasons.
While addressing the media, BJP MP from Amritsar, Navjot Singh Sidhu, blamed the Punjab National Bank (PNB) authorities for not developing the software needed for the electronic data interchange facility. He is also one of the members of five member committee constituted by the aviation ministry for the development of Amritsar's international airport. PNB is creating obstacles than facilitating the trade, blamed Sidhu.
23/06/11 Times of India

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Categories: Airports Jun 2011