Nashik: Nashik has vanished from the country's air map for the past five years despite having two airports and efforts to bring it back are proceeding at snail's pace with no guarantee that even if air services are revived, they would continue uninterrupted.
There are two airports- one in the city at Gandhinagar under army control and the other on the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) premises at Ozar, around 20 km from the city. Since 1972, when the first air service from the city to Mumbai was introduced, Nashik has been on and off the air map intermittently till 2009.
The Indian Airlines had introduced a Nashik-Mumbai flight in 1972 from the Gandhinagar airport. In 1989, Vayudoot took over and operated flights till 1992. Nashik disappeared from the air map for five years till 1997 when Span Airways introduced a service between the two cities for less than a year. There was no air service for the following eight years till Air Deccan started operating a flight from the Ozar airport. The service was discontinued in July 2007 due to poor response. Kingfisher Airlines introduced air service in November 2008, but closed it down within a year. Since 2009, Nashik has vanished from the air map.
23/02/14 Times of India
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There are two airports- one in the city at Gandhinagar under army control and the other on the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) premises at Ozar, around 20 km from the city. Since 1972, when the first air service from the city to Mumbai was introduced, Nashik has been on and off the air map intermittently till 2009.
The Indian Airlines had introduced a Nashik-Mumbai flight in 1972 from the Gandhinagar airport. In 1989, Vayudoot took over and operated flights till 1992. Nashik disappeared from the air map for five years till 1997 when Span Airways introduced a service between the two cities for less than a year. There was no air service for the following eight years till Air Deccan started operating a flight from the Ozar airport. The service was discontinued in July 2007 due to poor response. Kingfisher Airlines introduced air service in November 2008, but closed it down within a year. Since 2009, Nashik has vanished from the air map.
23/02/14 Times of India
