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A place like Kishangadh airport also caters to marble traders of Ahmedabad. As there is capping of
fare of Rs 2,500 per 500 km under this scheme, it is also affordable. As per an estimate, for every Rs
100 spent on this scheme, economy benefits by Rs 350. We are looking forward to adding more
destinations like Aurangabad and Jalgaon which will enable people to get access to more cities."
At present, six airlines operate their flights from Ahmedabad to 11 destinations. They included
Nashik, Belgaum, Kishangadh, Hubli, Jaisalmer, Porbandar, Kandla, Indore, Bhavnagar, Mundra and
Diu. Two more airports, Jalgaon and Aurangabad, will be added to it from September 1, taking the
number of destinations to 13.
As there is a problem of parking stands at the airport, some airlines are not able to start new flights
under the scheme. Gangal said: "We have 33 parking stands at present to which we are adding 19
more. Of these, 12 will be for the small aircrafts. This will give a boost to the UDAN scheme from
Ahmedabad. The new parking stands will be ready by the end of this month."
Looking at the figures of last two months, the number of flight movements under UDAN are
increasing from the city. As per June 2019's data of domestic flight movements and passengers
catered to, out of 5500 domestic flight movements from city, 605 were under the UDAN scheme.
Number of flights under UDAN have increased by 10 % to reach 666 in July.
At present, airlines which operates under UDAN included Air Deccan, Alliance Air, Indigo, SpiceJet,
Star Air, Tru Jet. Under the UDAN scheme, 400 airports will be built across the country out of which
100 airports have already been built and made operational. "The basic idea is to connect
underserved and unserved airports to rest of the country," said an airport official.
27/08/19 Vishal Patadiya/Ahmedabad Mirror
Passengers traveling with Singapore Airlines (SIA), Silkair and Vistara will have more international
flight options as the Singaporean flag carrier and its regional arm, Silkair, signed an agreement with
Indian carrier Vistara to expand codesharing to international routes.
Under the expansion of an existing codeshare agreement which covers Indian domestic flights, SIA
and Silkair will add nine new codeshare destinations within India on Vistara-operated flights. The
following destinations will be added: Chandigarh, Dibrugarh, Jammu, Leh, Pune, Raipur, Ranchi,
Siliguri and Srinagar. SIA will add its ‘SQ’ designator code to Vistara’s new international flights.
Vistara will add its ’UK’ designator code to SIA and Silkair-operated flights between Singapore and
eight destinations in India, including Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Cochin, Hyderabad, Kolkata,
Mumbai and New Delhi. As part of the arrangement, Vistara will codeshare on services to more than
40 destinations from Singapore to Australia, New Zealand, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam,
Thailand, Taiwan, Japan and the US.
“These codeshares will be implemented in phases and are subject to regulatory approvals,” reads a
press release from the airline.
27/08/19 GCR
Patna: Flight operations at Jayaprakash Narayan International (JPNI) Airport in Patna is set to be
smoother and safer with the use of state-of-the-art automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast
(ADS-B) technology.
The satellite-based navigational system has been working on trial basis for the last three months and
will be fully commissioned following the nod from Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
According to senior airport officials, the ADS-B equipment was installed at the airport in 2016,
followed by a three-month training programme of air traffic control (ATC) staff. The ADS-B
automatically gives exact position of the aircraft along with its other required navigational details.