Jamshedpur -Calcutta flight: Deccan hits air pocket

Jamshedpur: Air Deccan may defer its proposed flight between Jamshedpur and Calcutta, if the Airports Authority of India (AAI) further delays issuing a licence to Tata Steel for using the Sonari airport for commercial purposes.
Managing director of Air Deccan Captain G.R. Gopinath told The Telegraph: “We cannot wait beyond June 15. If the approval does not come on or before that date, we will be forced to utilise our aircraft in the Calcutta-Guwahati sector or on some other route.”
According to him, Tata Steel, who look after Sonari airport, have already written to AAI seeking a licence for introducing commercial flights.
Tata Steel’s move comes close on the heels of the Air Deccan evincing interest in operating flight services between the city and Calcutta.
The steel major, in March this year, had forwarded a request along with the letter of Air Deccan to AAI authorities in this regard. The company, at present, has permission for only private flight operations.
21/05/06 Calcutta Telegraph

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