Mumbai: Three diamond barons and a prominent developer, including the one who was recently in news for distributing cars, diamonds and jewellery to his employees as Diwali bonus, are planning to bring Mumbai within 20 minutes' reach from Surat.
The plan is part of regional air connectivity which their airline started recently between small cities in Gujarat with non-scheduled flights operating between Surat, Bhavnagar and Rajkot, which its operators claim is getting passenger occupancy of around 82 per cent. The airline management is now in the process of seeking approval from Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and Airport Authority of India (AAI) to connect Mumbai with the diamond hub of Surat. A meeting in this regard was held here on Tuesday.
The promoters, whose main business centres around diamond polishing and exports, have even christened the airline as Diamond Aeronautics Pvt Ltd after taking over Air Ventura a few months back. The airline has been set up at the initial cost of over Rs 50 crore.
21/01/15 Shahkar Abidi/Daily News & Analysis
The plan is part of regional air connectivity which their airline started recently between small cities in Gujarat with non-scheduled flights operating between Surat, Bhavnagar and Rajkot, which its operators claim is getting passenger occupancy of around 82 per cent. The airline management is now in the process of seeking approval from Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and Airport Authority of India (AAI) to connect Mumbai with the diamond hub of Surat. A meeting in this regard was held here on Tuesday.
The promoters, whose main business centres around diamond polishing and exports, have even christened the airline as Diamond Aeronautics Pvt Ltd after taking over Air Ventura a few months back. The airline has been set up at the initial cost of over Rs 50 crore.
21/01/15 Shahkar Abidi/Daily News & Analysis
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