Hyderabad: Members of eight major Indian associations representing the Indian community in Ras Al Khaimah (RAK), United Arab Emirates have urged the Ministry of Civil Aviation to start operating flights from RAK.
According to S A Saleem, president of Indian Association and Chairman of Indian School RAK, around 4,50,000 Indians who reside in the catchment area of RAK have no choice but to travel to cities like Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Sharjah airports for their onward journey to India.
The associations appealed the Chief Minister of Kerala and the Civil Aviation Minister of India Vyalar Ravi, who is also the Minister of Indian Overseas Welfare, to seriously look into this matter and commence direct air services between RAK and Indian cities such as Kochi, Thiruvanthapuram, Mangalore, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Chennai by Air India or to allow the national carrier of RAK to operate to these sectors.
"This should be done quickly, ideally in readiness for commencement of the school holidays next month as the majority of families will be travelling during this period. If no favourable actions are taken in this regard with immediate affect various associations will encourage the community to even go to the extent of boycotting Air India during the upcoming holiday season," Saleem said in a statement.
28/06/11 msn.com
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