Raipur: Launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi with much fanfare in June this year, air services connecting tribal Bastar region in Chhattisgarh has now been discontinued due to alleged non-fulfilment of contractual promises by Air Odisha.
Swami Vivekanand Airport Raipur Director Rakesh R Sahay told TOI that the air services between Raipur to Jagdalpur, the divisional headquarters of tribal Bastar, have been discontinued because Air Odisha was not able to fulfil the terms mentioned in the agreement between Airport Authority of India and Air Odisha.
The agreement said that “the operator will operate at least 70 per cent of the flight scheduled” which Air Odisha was not able to fulfil within a span of five months. As many as 83 flights out of 153 arrived and departed from Raipur to Jagdalpur during the last five months. Due to this, the Airport Authority of India cancelled the agreement with Air Odisha.
Speaking about the future plans for Raipur to Jagdalpur air services, Sahay said that a bidding process will be done in the future where the airlines' interested will put their bid for providing air services. After which all the mandatory procedures will be done and air services may start again. Until then the air services between Raipur to Jagdalpur will remain discontinued.
22/11/18 Nisreen Naaz/Times of India
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Swami Vivekanand Airport Raipur Director Rakesh R Sahay told TOI that the air services between Raipur to Jagdalpur, the divisional headquarters of tribal Bastar, have been discontinued because Air Odisha was not able to fulfil the terms mentioned in the agreement between Airport Authority of India and Air Odisha.
The agreement said that “the operator will operate at least 70 per cent of the flight scheduled” which Air Odisha was not able to fulfil within a span of five months. As many as 83 flights out of 153 arrived and departed from Raipur to Jagdalpur during the last five months. Due to this, the Airport Authority of India cancelled the agreement with Air Odisha.
Speaking about the future plans for Raipur to Jagdalpur air services, Sahay said that a bidding process will be done in the future where the airlines' interested will put their bid for providing air services. After which all the mandatory procedures will be done and air services may start again. Until then the air services between Raipur to Jagdalpur will remain discontinued.
22/11/18 Nisreen Naaz/Times of India
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