Not yet - but I hear that there will be one. In a way, Guwahati is pretty well connected to the metropolitan cities. Places like Indore (pretty much the size of Guwahati) are not connected to the major cities well. Guwahati- Del,a nd Guwahati-Kolkata are excellent connections, with a number of flights a day.
On 8/2/07, Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 > > ----------- > > > > 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. > > > > _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > assam@assamnet.org > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > > > >
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