India to restart seaplane services on two routes by October: Civil Aviation Minister Naidu

The Civil Aviation Ministry will restart seaplane operations on at least two routes in India by October, Union Minister Ram Mohan Naidu said here on Monday.

Addressing the Eastern Region Civil Aviation Ministers’ Conference, Naidu said, “Seaplane operation was there once, but it was limited to a single route. The government has simplified the guidelines to operate seaplanes, and we hope that by October, we will have two seaplanes in the country operating either on the Andaman & Nicobar, Kerala, or Andhra Pradesh network.”

He added that the service could also be extended to Odisha’s Chilika Lake and the entire eastern coast.