Seaplane takes off from Nagpur, lands safely in Khindsi

Nagpur:  The trial run to check the feasibility of flying an amphibian between Nagpur and Khindsi in Ramtek was held on Saturday. A Mumbai-based company Maritime Energy Heli Airservices (MEHR) has decided to operate the aircraft on the Nagpur-Khindsi-Nawegaon Khairi-Nagpur circuit.

Officials of Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) were on the first flight to look at the route's safety aspect. The project is brainchild of former Ramtek MLA Ashish Jaiswal.

The company is already operating seaplanes on Mumbai-Lonavla and Mumbai-Shirdi routes. The novel experience will, however, be quite costly. The first route costs 4,500 and the second 5,500. These do not include charges for other activities. MEHR is mainly targeting high-end Indian and international tourists who go to Kanha from Nagpur.

It has applied for Juhu-Girgaum route too but not much has happened after the trial run. It has plans for Goa and Gujarat too.
15/11/14 Times of India

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Sea Plane trial run from Nagpur to Ramtek, Pench dam

Nagpur: Maritime Energy Heli Air Services (Mehair) will be conducting trials of sea plane landing and take-off from Nagpur to Khindsi lake at Ramtek and Pench Khairi irrigation dam on November 15.

The sea plane service has received a tremendous response in Mumbai and Nashik, said Ashish Jaiswal, former Shiv Sena MLA from Ramtek and Amol Khante, the project coordinator.
13/11/14 PTI

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Wings Aviation’s Seaplane to begin service in India by December end

Thiruvananthapuram: A nine-seater seaplane procured by Wings Aviation from the US has taken off from Miami and is expected to arrive at the Begumpet airport, Hyderabad by Nov 19. According to Kerala Tourism Infrastructure Limited (KTIL) managing director Anil Kumar, the seaplane services would commence in India before the end of year, and well in time before the 35th National Games. KTIL is currently entrusted with the implementation of the project.

"We wanted to bring in the aircraft by September, but had to re-route the flight plan because of restricted air space over the Ukrainian war zone. Unexpected typhoons and tornadoes also added to the delay. The seaplane can fly for four hours and only in daylight. Also, we had to gather landing permission from around 15 airports, of which three refused to give us permissions for various reasons," said, Umesh Kamath, chief managing director, Wings Aviation.

The KTIL had extended its early bird incentive from April 30 to Oct 31 hoping that it would rally potential seaplane operators to begin services as soon as possible. Now the operator is planning to seek a two-month extension on the early-bird deadline.
12/11/14 Sangeetha Nair/Times of India

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Sea plane trial landing at Gangapur on Monday

Nashik: Maritime Energy Heli Air Services (Mehair) will conduct the trial landing of its sea plane services at Gangapur dam on pMonday morning in the presence of Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) officials.

The sea plane service is aimed at connecting Mumbai and Nashik. Scheduled for a start in September, the service was delayed because of various clearances for landing. The only hurdle ahead is that of the DGCA clearance that will come only its officials inspect the trial landing and give their nod to the service.

Earlier, the trial landing was postponed due to bad weather and unavailability of the DGCA officials.
01/11/14 Times of India

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