Is there a direct flight between Mumbai and Guahati yet?
At 10:07 AM -0500 8/2/07, Ram Sarangapani wrote:
"People of Assam will be a happier lot now on, as the first ever
Mumbai-Newyork non-stop daily flight introduced by Air India today
was named after the State of Assam." -AT
Would have been far more happier if the flight was between Guwahati
and JFK, or better still Guwahat and Houston :)
--Ram
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From A Correspondent
MUMBAI, Aug 1 - People of Assam will be a happier lot now on, as
the first ever Mumbai-Newyork non-stop daily flight introduced by
Air India today was named after the State of Assam. It was an
auspicious occasion not only to the Assam team led by Debashish
Sarma, the Deputy Resident Commissioner, Assam Bhawan, Mumbai who
participated in the flag-off ceremony, but to the whole populace of
the state as the high profile flight, with ultra modern aircraft
technology and facilities, was flagged off by Union Minister of
State for Civil Aviation Praful Patel at 12.45 am. (IST) in Mumbai.
The ceremony was preceded by traditional Assamese Bihu dance and
Bharat Natyam of Andhra Pradesh, the state after which another
flight is to be named. Both the folk dances were highly appreciated
by the elite gathering consisting of several members of Parliament,
top central and state bureaucrats, other government officials,
filmstars, businessmen among others.
The Assam team which was led by Sri Sarma also included Himangshu
Sekhar Das, Commissioner, Tourism Department and Liakat Ali, Deputy
Director, Tourism Department.
Addressing the gathering prior to the formal flag-off of the flight,
Praful Patel said that since he sat on the saddle, there have been a
sea change in the aviation sector. He said that the number of
aircraft in India has been increased from a meagre 138 in 2004 to
330 in 2007. The present government at the Centre has made all out
effort to make people in every nook and corner in the country feel
that they are not secluded anymore. They have been given the
opportunity to feel that there are places to remind beyond
metropolis like Mumbai and Delhi. Keeping this aim in view, his
department has decided to name the first two aircraft of this very
important fleet after Andhra Pradesh and Assam. He reiterated his
commitment to improve the condition of the civil aviation sector
according to the demand of the present scenario.
Speaking on the occasion, V Tulsidas, chairman-cum-managing
director, Air India, gave a bird's eye view of the aircraft and
narrated the facilities designed to fit the level of 'customer's
delight'. He also informed that the country's two major air carriers
merger will materialise within the next few weeks and the new name
would be 'Air India'. Dr V Trivedi, CMD, Indian Airlines, also spoke
on the occasion. Dr Trivedi disclosed that 10 to 12 existing
aircraft have been transformed into cargos and more are to be
inducted soon for this purpose. Both the CMDs proudly announced that
after the merger 'Air India' would be the biggest airline in this
region.
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