Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government is set to start an intra-state scheduled airlines service. A proposal to this effect has been prepared by the state tourism department which is to be placed before the cabinet shortly. The service is already in place in the neighbouring state of Madhya Pradesh where five districts are connected by small nine-seater planes while several states including Gujarat, Orissa, Uttrakhand and Karnataka are also working on plan to launch it soon.
As per the proposal, the airlines service will connect Lucknow, Agra, Kanpur, Varanasi, Allahabad, Gorakhpur, Meerut and Sonebhadra in the first leg. As many as 15 other different routes have been identified for the purpose. Sources stated the government was looking forward to flying small aircraft with a seating capacity of 20 passengers each to begin with. Once the project takes off, travel to Agra from Lucknow would take only 60 minutes (air time) while Allahabad would become closer still with a flying time of 20 minutes. In the next leg, there are plans to link Varanasi (Sarnath) with other districts in the Buddhist circuit like Kushinagar, Shravasti and Bareilly (Sankisa), to promote tourism activity.
20/06/13 Shailvee Sharda/Times of India
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As per the proposal, the airlines service will connect Lucknow, Agra, Kanpur, Varanasi, Allahabad, Gorakhpur, Meerut and Sonebhadra in the first leg. As many as 15 other different routes have been identified for the purpose. Sources stated the government was looking forward to flying small aircraft with a seating capacity of 20 passengers each to begin with. Once the project takes off, travel to Agra from Lucknow would take only 60 minutes (air time) while Allahabad would become closer still with a flying time of 20 minutes. In the next leg, there are plans to link Varanasi (Sarnath) with other districts in the Buddhist circuit like Kushinagar, Shravasti and Bareilly (Sankisa), to promote tourism activity.
20/06/13 Shailvee Sharda/Times of India
