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Business EconomyPosted at: Jan 22 2016 4:34PM


GoAir starts chartered flight service between Bengaluru- Port Blair

Port Blair, Jan 22 (UNI) In a historic development, the maiden night flight in the Andaman sector, operated by GoAir, arrived at the Veer Savarkar International Airport, Port Blair at 0200 hrs yesterday.
With this, GoAir has become the first airline to commercially operate night flights to Port Blair turning night landing of flights in Andaman sector into a reality.
The scheduled private chartered flight service between Bengaluru and Port Blair, operated by GoAir that arrived here with 155 tourists from Bengaluru, departed at 0230 hrs from Port Blair.
Commenting on the launch of the night operations, Lt Gen AK Singh, Lieutenant Governor, said “I would like to thank GoAir for being the pioneering airline to commercially undertake night landing at the recently upgraded Port Blair airport and for enhancing direct connectivity to Bengaluru. The airport was recently upgraded with improved runway, lighting and navigation systems to allow commercial night flying for the growth and development of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The upgrade was carried out by the
Andaman and Nicobar Administration, with support from the Civil Aviation Ministry, Directorate General of Civil Aviation, Andaman and Nicobar Naval Command and Airports Authority of India.”
The Administration had been vigorously pursuing the matter with the Ministry of Civil Aviation, DGCA, A&N Command, Airports Authority of India and Air India for operationalsing the Port Blair Airport during night hours as being most important for the growth and development of these Islands as well as for exigencies.
As per details, GoAir will operate two more flights in this sector during January, five flights in February and six flights in March 2016. All these flights will be night flights.
Soaring airfare, which is nearly three to four times higher that any other part of India, is believed to be the main obstruction for the growth of tourism industry in Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
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