Guwahati: Suspension of flight operations between Guwahati and Bangkok from this week has come as a major setback to the government's plan to transform the city into a travel hub, and connecting it to the some international destinations in southeast Asia.
This comes at a time when the government and airlines companies have completed an air route survey to connect Guwahati with two more international destinations - Kathmandu and Mandalay (Myanmar). After daily flight operations between Guwahati and Dhaka were suspended within three months from their commencement in July last year due to lack of "commercial viability", the decision of Nok Air to temporarily suspend operations between Guwahati and Bangkok from Monday has hit government's efforts to connect the gateway of the northeast with more international destinations.
SpiceJet had in September suspended the first flight under international version of 'Ude Desh Ka Aam Naagrik' (UDAN) between Guwahati and Dhaka under International Air Connectivity Scheme (IACS).
Now, the keenness of the airlines to operate international flights from Guwahati to Kathmandu and Mandalay will be known in February-end with the opening of the tenders floated, inviting the airlines to operate in Guwahati-Kathmandu and Guwahati-Mandalay routes under UDAN IV scheme.
20/01/20 Kangkan Kalita/Times of India
To Read the News in full at Source, Click the Headline
This comes at a time when the government and airlines companies have completed an air route survey to connect Guwahati with two more international destinations - Kathmandu and Mandalay (Myanmar). After daily flight operations between Guwahati and Dhaka were suspended within three months from their commencement in July last year due to lack of "commercial viability", the decision of Nok Air to temporarily suspend operations between Guwahati and Bangkok from Monday has hit government's efforts to connect the gateway of the northeast with more international destinations.
SpiceJet had in September suspended the first flight under international version of 'Ude Desh Ka Aam Naagrik' (UDAN) between Guwahati and Dhaka under International Air Connectivity Scheme (IACS).
Now, the keenness of the airlines to operate international flights from Guwahati to Kathmandu and Mandalay will be known in February-end with the opening of the tenders floated, inviting the airlines to operate in Guwahati-Kathmandu and Guwahati-Mandalay routes under UDAN IV scheme.
20/01/20 Kangkan Kalita/Times of India
0 comments:
Post a Comment