Saturday, November 30, 2019

Mohali businessmen raise concern over decrease in flights at Chandigarh airport

Mohali: With several domestic and international flights from Chandigarh International Airport getting cancelled, business fraternity in Mohali fears that poor connectivity will affect investments coming to the city.

The president of Mohali Industries Association (MIA) Yogesh Sagar, said that they had approached the Punjab and Haryana High Court for increasing the flights from the international airport following which more domestic and international flights were started.

“But now, with the decreasing number of flights, the connectivity will become poor and it stop the investors who are keen to come to Mohali. On the one hand, infrastructure is being developed in Mohali by claiming that the city has one of the best connectivity, but on the other hand there are negligible flights,” Yogesh Sagar told Chandigarh Newsline.

This year almost all the international flights from Chandigarh have stopped operations expect one flight to Dubai.

As many as 10 flights of Jet Airways were cancelled from April this year. The flights to Indore, Jaipur, Lucknow and the one to Hisar have also been cancelled.

Two flights to Mumbai, international flights to Dubai and Bangkok have also stalled operations.
30/11/19 Indian Express
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