Pune: The city may soon get another international flight to operate from the Lohegaon airport.
A two-member team of SilkAir, a wholly owned subsidiary and full service regional carrier of the Singapore Airlines, has finished a final survey to examine air traffic potential and other viability factors for Pune-Singapore flight service.
The team, led by Jagdish Ram Bhojwani, who is the Coimbatore-based official of SilkAir, met Lohegaon airport director P S R K Sudhakar and other senior Airports Authority of India (AAI) officials at the airport on Monday. "They were keen on knowing the potential for Pune-Singapore direct flight service and the options for further connectivity from Singapore," Sudhakar told TOI.
On Tuesday, the SilkAir team met representatives of the Mahratta Chamber of Commerce Industries and Agriculture (MCCIA), which has been leading the city's quest for more international flights and an independent airport project. Sudhakar was also present at this meeting that stretched for over three hours. Yogesh Dossa, Singapore Airlines general sales agent (GSA) in Pune was the other member of the SilkAir team.
S K Jain, MCCIA's civil aviation committee chief, confirmed the SilkAir-MCCIA deliberations. "We have been pursuing with them (SilkAir) for the past two-and-a-half years to visit Pune and see for themselves the potential the city has to offer in terms of the proposed flight service," said Jain.
19/11/10 Vishwas Kothari/Times of India
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