Lucknow: With election fever touching its peak and netas making whirlwind trips to reach maximum voters in minimum time, the air traffic in the state has gone several times up. According to an estimate of civil aviation department, while the chartered aircraft movement in the two airports and 16 airstrips across the state has gone up by 50%, the chopper movement has increased by 200%.
In fact, the flight movement at the Amausi airport alone has gone up by nearly 100%, forcing the airport authorities to find ways to accommodate the aircraft and choppers in the apron area.
Leading from the front are Lucknow and Varanasi airports and airstrips at Saifai and Fursatganj in Rae Bareli, used by top leaders of various political parties. While Saifai has become a take-off point for the entire Yadav belt, accounting for nearly 60 landings of chartered aircraft and choppers in the past 15 days, Varanasi, from where BJP PM candidate Narendra Modi is contesting has witnessed 15 air movements per day in the past 15 days. Lucknow on the other hand, has registered 40 aircraft/chopper movements per day in the past fortnight. The traffic at the Fursatganj airport, used mostly by the Gandhi family, however, has witnessed a low rate registering around only eight aircraft movement in the plast 15 days.
26/04/14 Pankaj Shah/Times of India
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In fact, the flight movement at the Amausi airport alone has gone up by nearly 100%, forcing the airport authorities to find ways to accommodate the aircraft and choppers in the apron area.
Leading from the front are Lucknow and Varanasi airports and airstrips at Saifai and Fursatganj in Rae Bareli, used by top leaders of various political parties. While Saifai has become a take-off point for the entire Yadav belt, accounting for nearly 60 landings of chartered aircraft and choppers in the past 15 days, Varanasi, from where BJP PM candidate Narendra Modi is contesting has witnessed 15 air movements per day in the past 15 days. Lucknow on the other hand, has registered 40 aircraft/chopper movements per day in the past fortnight. The traffic at the Fursatganj airport, used mostly by the Gandhi family, however, has witnessed a low rate registering around only eight aircraft movement in the plast 15 days.
26/04/14 Pankaj Shah/Times of India
