Surat: The Diamond City may be desperately crying for more flights. But the moneyed Surti businessmen are not unduly worried.
The diamantaires and textile barons don't mind splurging on chartered flights. This is evident from the sheer number of chartered flights coming to Surat airport since January. While Ahmedabad records around 25-30 chartered flight movements per month, Surat has handled more than 100 every month since January.
Mostly, the chartered aircrafts arrive from the neighbouring Mumbai and Pune and other destinations like Ahmedabad, Delhi, Jaipur, Kolkata, Chennai etc.
The businessmen are using chartered flights to ferry their clients, friends and relatives from different parts of the country for attending marriage ceremonies, religious functions and business meetings in the city.
Officials said that the airport gets three aircrafts, mostly ATR and Cessna, on daily basis. In the last five months, the highest non-scheduled flight operations were recorded in January.
Read news in full 05/06/15 Melvyn Reggie Thomas/Times of India
The diamantaires and textile barons don't mind splurging on chartered flights. This is evident from the sheer number of chartered flights coming to Surat airport since January. While Ahmedabad records around 25-30 chartered flight movements per month, Surat has handled more than 100 every month since January.
Mostly, the chartered aircrafts arrive from the neighbouring Mumbai and Pune and other destinations like Ahmedabad, Delhi, Jaipur, Kolkata, Chennai etc.
The businessmen are using chartered flights to ferry their clients, friends and relatives from different parts of the country for attending marriage ceremonies, religious functions and business meetings in the city.
Officials said that the airport gets three aircrafts, mostly ATR and Cessna, on daily basis. In the last five months, the highest non-scheduled flight operations were recorded in January.
Read news in full 05/06/15 Melvyn Reggie Thomas/Times of India
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