The Rajasthan government's plan to send VVIPs on tours using old aircraft, seems to lie buried in files. The civil aviation department's efforts to change the AgustaWestland helicopters in the last three months, have not succeeded.
Two attempts to hire a plane and helicopter have similarly fallen flat.
Now the government is relying on two old aircraft and an almost discarded helicopter. It has once again begun planning the purchase of a new helicopter and two medium sized jets.
According to sources, after the failure of the process of disposing of the AgustaWestland AW-109 ePower and purchasing a replacement, a high level committee headed by the chief secretary considered buying a new aircraft.
Apparently, the committee even decided that the government should hire an aircraft since buying a new one would take about a year and a half.
The government had issued a tender on 28 November, 2016 for hiring a ten-seater twin engine midsize jet and a twin-engine helicopter for a year. The government had asked for a 15-year old jet capable of flying a distance of 3200 nautical miles and up to a height of 41,000 feet. No company showed any interest in the specifications of this tender till its 15 December deadline.
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Two attempts to hire a plane and helicopter have similarly fallen flat.
Now the government is relying on two old aircraft and an almost discarded helicopter. It has once again begun planning the purchase of a new helicopter and two medium sized jets.
According to sources, after the failure of the process of disposing of the AgustaWestland AW-109 ePower and purchasing a replacement, a high level committee headed by the chief secretary considered buying a new aircraft.
Apparently, the committee even decided that the government should hire an aircraft since buying a new one would take about a year and a half.
The government had issued a tender on 28 November, 2016 for hiring a ten-seater twin engine midsize jet and a twin-engine helicopter for a year. The government had asked for a 15-year old jet capable of flying a distance of 3200 nautical miles and up to a height of 41,000 feet. No company showed any interest in the specifications of this tender till its 15 December deadline.
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