Navy blamed for denying 24-hour flight services in Vizag

Visakhapatnam: The Air Travellers' Association (ATA) has blamed the Indian Navy of blocking round the clock operations at the Visakhapatnam airport even as the Singapore national carrier Silk Air is in a dilemma on operating a direct service from Visakhapatnam to Singapore. Serious doubts have been raised whether Silk Air would go ahead with its plans to introduce a direct flight in the first week of October, as the deadlock over running the airport 24 hours a day continues.
For now, the airport, which is under the control of the Navy, runs operations only up to 8pm. But Silk Air has sought permission from the airport authorities to land its flight at 11pm. Sources said the Singapore carrier was still uncertain as the Eastern Naval Command (ENC) has not given its consent yet to make the airport operational 24 hours.
03/08/12 Times of India

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Categories: airports Aug 2012