Chandigarh: As the countdown has begun for local airport to get the customs tag for start of international operations here, a foreign airline, Air Arabia, has come forward to start a Chandigarh-Sharjah flight. It has approached Airports Authority of India (AAI) with the proposal. Now, AAI has to take a decision regarding this.
Sources said the airport had the required infrastructure for international flights and just approvals for night-landing and customs status were required now. A highly-placed source in AAI told TOI on Thursday that various airlines were in touch with them about the flights, but as of now, they had received formal proposal from Air Arabia only.
"We are very close to receiving international tag for the local airport and are hopeful that we will be flooded with offers from more international players in near future," he added. Once international operations start, the airport would become more attractive to passengers from Punjab, Chandigarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Uttaranchal. AAI had offered to start flights to Dubai and Thailand from Chandigarh in 2009.
29/07/11 Times of India
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