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| Air service to Kargil approved | | | Early Times Report
NEW DELHI, Apr 8: Union Ministry for Civil Aviation has decided to operate 78 seater Q- 400 Spice jet aeroplane from Srinagar to Kargil and Jammu to Kargil for which trial landing at Kargil airport will start shortly.
This was stated by Minister for Transport Qamar Ali Akhoon after a detailed discussion with the Union Minister for Civil Aviation, Ajit Singh here today.
Union Minister apprised Akhoon that this decision has been taken by the Ministry on the basis of favourable reports submitted by teams headed separately by Director General Airport Authorities of India (AAI) Bharat Bhushan and Deputy Director AAI. Lalit Gupta which in consultation with the Commissioner Civil Aviation, Jammu and Kashmir S. Katoch visited the mountainous district Kargil during last year to inspect facilities at the local air base for operating the passenger services.
Ajit Singh said that the 78 seater Q- 400 Spice jet aeroplane has been specially procured by the Ministry to add it in the fleet of Spice Jet for operating exclusively in the snow bound areas like Kargil. He added that 78 seater Q- 400 Spice jet aeroplane is highly suitable for Kargil in view of its geographical and topographical conditions.
While expressing his gratitude to the Union Government for operating the proposed air service to Kargil, Akhoon has requested to the Union Minister to constitute a committee in consultation with the state government for preparation of flight schedules and finalizing the formalities for trial landing of Spice Jet at respective places.
The Union Minister has assured that matter is of priority nature and should be addressed as early as possible.
Akhoon has thanked the Union Ministry on behalf of the Chief Minister of State Omar Abdullah and the people of Kargil for meeting their long pending demand. |
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