Flights between Daman, Diu from December

Surat: The twin tourist destinations of Daman and Diu, located 700 km apart, are set to come closer with the administration deciding to introduce air service between them from December 19. While it takes more than 12 hours to travel between Daman and Diu by road via Bhavnagar, the tourists could fly down from one place to another in just 25 minutes.
BS Bhalla, administrator, Daman and Diu told TOI, "We have started the process of making a civil terminal outside the Coast Guard airport in Daman. In Diu we have our own terminal. We want to start the air service beginning December 19, the Liberation Day."
He added that the administration has received a couple of proposals from private airline companies to start operations. "We will invite tenders from the interested companies," he said. Sources said that the administration has started the process of acquiring around 25 acres of land in Daman for developing its own airport.
Read news in full 18/10/13 Melvyn Reggie Thomas/Times of India