‘Covid, monsoon’ suspend Ahmedabad-Kevadia seaplane service until September

The Ahmedabad-Kevadia seaplane service — which was suspended from April 9 onwards owing to second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic — will remain suspended until September as the operator SpiceJet has decided to stay grounded during the monsoon and also gauge the possibility of the third wave of the pandemic, a top official of SpiceJet told The Indian Express.

The Twin Otter DHC-300 aircraft, registered as 8Q-ISC with Maldivian Aero, had flown back to its home country on April 9, a day after it last flew from the Sabarmati Riverfront to the Dyke 3 of Sardar Sarovar Dam near the Statue of Unity.