Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Diamond barons' chartered flight service to launch today

Surat: Diamond Aeronautics, a private airlines company floated by three diamond barons, will launch their first air charter services from Surat airport on Tuesday.

The company, promoted by Lalji Patel, chairman of Dharmanandan Diamonds, Govind Dholakia, chairman of Shree Ramkrishna Exports and Savji Dholakia, chairman of Harikrishna Exports Private Limited - and Lavji Badsha alias Daliya, a real estate company owner, will launch the inaugural flight to Bhavnagar.

The company has purchased three Cessna Caravan (C208B Model) aircrafts - nine and six-seater ones - and a chopper to cater to the frequent fliers in the city. The chartered flights can be booked by the residents to any destination across the country.

An inaugural function has been organized at Surat airport.

Patel said, "In a month or so, we will be starting inter-state flight services connecting Surat with destinations like Vadodara, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Bhavnagar, Amreli, Rajkot, Jamnagar and Bhuj."
21/10/14 Times of India
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