Monday, September 29, 2014

Inter-state air service in UP by Oct-end

Varanasi: Inter-state air service is likely to start in the state by the end of October this year. The service will benefit tourists visiting the Buddhist Circuit. Cities like Jhansi, Agra, Varanasi, Gorakhpur, Kanpur, Bareilly, Meerut, Allahabad, Lucknow will be inter-connected and connected with other tourist spots.

"The inter-state air service is expected to start by the end of October," UP tourism minister Om Prakash Singh said while talking to reporters here on Monday. He said that the state government had adopted inter-state service policy for tourism promotion so that tourists can easily go to places in different parts of the state.

According to the inter-sate air service policy, UP State Tourism Development Corporation Ltd has been made nodal department for initiating all the works related to air services in the state. With the objective of encouraging air services, the state government will start air services on the different routes in the first phase.
30/09/14 Times of India
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