Mumbai: Maritime Energy Heli Air Services Pvt. Ltd. (MEHAIR), which was scheduled to commence seaplane services in Maharashtra, might take it’s the aircraft to Kerala, after waiting for long to get permissions from the State Irrigation and Civil Aviation departments, as per a Mumbai Mirror report by Yogesh Naik. The services were scheduled to commence from March 10, from the Juhu airport to Aamby Valley City. However, the launch was deferred following the arrest of Subrata Roy, Chief of Sahara India Pariwar. Roy has been arrested on charges of failing to comply with Securities and Exchange Board of India’s (SEBI) regulations that require him to refund Rs 24,000 crore to investors
The seaplane is parked at the Juhu airport. “The expenses are soaring—parking charges, hangar charges and salaries. If things are difficult here, we could take the aircraft to Kerala, which is interested in seaplanes. We are also in talks with authorities in Goa,” said Siddharth Verma, Co-Founder and Director, MEHAIR.
“We were told to defer our operations because of the internal problems of Sahara group,” added Verma. Sources in the Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC) also concurred that since Roy was behind the bars, the company decided to postpone the operations. Praveen Bharadwaj, who heads the Aviation wing of Sahara, was unavailable for comments.
18/04/14 TravelBizMonitor
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The seaplane is parked at the Juhu airport. “The expenses are soaring—parking charges, hangar charges and salaries. If things are difficult here, we could take the aircraft to Kerala, which is interested in seaplanes. We are also in talks with authorities in Goa,” said Siddharth Verma, Co-Founder and Director, MEHAIR.
“We were told to defer our operations because of the internal problems of Sahara group,” added Verma. Sources in the Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC) also concurred that since Roy was behind the bars, the company decided to postpone the operations. Praveen Bharadwaj, who heads the Aviation wing of Sahara, was unavailable for comments.
18/04/14 TravelBizMonitor
