Soz takes up evening flights issue with Centre

New Delhi: Former Union Minister and state Congress President Prof Saifuddin Soz met Civil Aviation Minister Vayalar Ravi late last night and discussed with him the issue of direct Srinagar-Dubai flight besides evening flights from Srinagar Airport.
Soz also took up with the minister the regularization of employees of the Centaur Lake View Hotel Srinagar, a statement issued by Soz’s office said.
Rohit Nandan, Chairman & Managing Director, Air India, was also associated with the discussions.
The Minister assured to explore the possibility of resuming the Dubai flight
and also explore the possibility of extension of Srinagar–Dubai flight to Jeddah to make it viable. The Minister appreciated the argument of Prof Soz that the flight’s extension to Jeddah would make the flight lucrative as quite a sizable number of passengers would be travelling on this route for Umrah throughout the year, the statement said.
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