Puducherry: Citing additional facilities on the anvil at the airport here, the government has approached at least four airlines to operate their flights from the Union Territory. In addition, Spice Jet is being pursued to continue the lone flight from Puducherry which the airline was planning to wind up by the end of this month.
“Night landing facilities and the Air Turbine Fuel (ATF) station would come up shortly at the airport,” said Tourism Minister P Rajavelu. The government has also brought down the VAT on ATF to one per cent as compared to five per cent in other States to lure flight operators to refill their aircraft in Puducherry during flight operation, he said.
Land has also been identified for establishing the fuel station and the Airport Authority of India (AAI) would invite petroleum companies to set up their stations, Director of Tourism K K Singh said. The airport runway has also been certified for ATR and Bombadier aircraft to operate to full and 80 per cent capacity respectively, said Rajavelu. There is no runway restriction on passenger load now, he added.
Keeping the additions in mind, airline operators Jet Airways, Air India, Indigo and Go Air have been approached for flight operation from Puducherry, he said.
29/01/14 Debjani Dutta/New Indian Express
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“Night landing facilities and the Air Turbine Fuel (ATF) station would come up shortly at the airport,” said Tourism Minister P Rajavelu. The government has also brought down the VAT on ATF to one per cent as compared to five per cent in other States to lure flight operators to refill their aircraft in Puducherry during flight operation, he said.
Land has also been identified for establishing the fuel station and the Airport Authority of India (AAI) would invite petroleum companies to set up their stations, Director of Tourism K K Singh said. The airport runway has also been certified for ATR and Bombadier aircraft to operate to full and 80 per cent capacity respectively, said Rajavelu. There is no runway restriction on passenger load now, he added.
Keeping the additions in mind, airline operators Jet Airways, Air India, Indigo and Go Air have been approached for flight operation from Puducherry, he said.
29/01/14 Debjani Dutta/New Indian Express
