Visakhapatnam: The Andhra Pradesh tourism department is in talks with Mumbai-based Maritime Energy Heli Air Services Private Limited (Mehair) to launch seaplane services from Vizag and Vijayawada next year to give the tourism sector a boost.
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"Mehair has given a proposal for offering amphibian seaplane service in AP. The operations will be based out of Vizag and Vijayawada. They already have operations in Maharashtra and have an interest in AP also," a senior AP tourism official said.
According to tourism department sources, Mehair has been given in-principle approval for the project in AP, but discussions are underway to sort out the issue of minimum guaranteed seats per flight once the operations takes off. "The only issue is that Mehair wanted a minimum guarantee on seats, which we didn't agree to. There was no such agreement in Maharashtra when they gave consent for the proposal. So we have told them that the same terms that were given to Maharashtra are acceptable to AP," the official added.
14/12/14 Manish/Times of India
