Saturday, July 26, 2014

Centre okays international flights from Chandigarh temporarily

Chandigarh: Union defence minister has given the much-awaited clearance for operation of international flights from Chandigarh airport beyond 8pm as an "interim measure".

In a recent communication to Punjab chief minister, Parkash Singh Badal, defence minister Arun Jaitley has said that Spice Jet and Indigo Airlines have already been accorded permission for international operations from Chandigarh.

Jaitley has also informed that presently, civil aircraft operations at Chandigarh were cleared from sunrise to 8 pm, but international flights would be facilitated beyond the existing watch hours as and when international flights were finalized, as an interim measure.
26/07/14 Times of India
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