Srinagar: In anticipation of a busy tourist season this year, the authorities at Srinagar Airport have decided to operate 36 flights per day beginning April 1. At present, 24 flights operate per day from the airport.
“We have received the summer schedule and from April 1 almost 36 flights would operate daily,” Director Srinagar Airport O P Buwaniwala told Greater Kashmir.
Asked whether the airport was fully equipped to handle such a flow, Buwaniwala said, “Last year we were successful in handling 36 flights per day.” “Till April the proposal of 36 flights per day is not going to materialize because some important things are yet to be put in place. However, an additional morning flight would operate daily from March 1. It will be landing at 8 AM and the departure time would be 8:25 AM,” an official said.
The official said at first a proposal of 40 to 44 flights per day was mooted but that could not be accepted because of certain “flaws” in the aerodrome. He said due to increased number of flight operations per day, security would be increased at the airport. “The airport’s security wing has already been intimated,” the official said.
02/03/13 Greater Kashmir
