Puducherry: The resumption of the much awaited air connectivity to Puducherry which has been on and off the aviation map intermittently, is expected to increase the tourist footfalls to the city.
Though commercial flight services in Puducherry started with a bang, within a short period of time it had become defunct. This has been the recurring scenario in Puducherry.
After Vayudoot stopped commercial services from the airport in 1991, the Puducherry government made unsuccessful attempts to revive flight operations from Puducherry. Private carrier Spice Jet, which introduced its flight service on the Puducherry-Bengaluru sector on January 2013, discontinued its services in February 2014 stating that their operations were not financially viable.
I Syed Sajjadh Ali, Chairman, CII, Puducherry, welcomed the proposed resumption of air connectivity from Puducherry to Bengaluru as a welcome step.
01/05/15 S Prasad/The Hindu
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Though commercial flight services in Puducherry started with a bang, within a short period of time it had become defunct. This has been the recurring scenario in Puducherry.
After Vayudoot stopped commercial services from the airport in 1991, the Puducherry government made unsuccessful attempts to revive flight operations from Puducherry. Private carrier Spice Jet, which introduced its flight service on the Puducherry-Bengaluru sector on January 2013, discontinued its services in February 2014 stating that their operations were not financially viable.
I Syed Sajjadh Ali, Chairman, CII, Puducherry, welcomed the proposed resumption of air connectivity from Puducherry to Bengaluru as a welcome step.
01/05/15 S Prasad/The Hindu
