On 31 October 2020, the country’s first seaplane service is expected to take off from Sabarmati riverfront to the Statue of Unity in Gujarat, said Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya. For the venture, SpiceJet is in the process of procuring a seaplane from Maldives. The seaplane is likely to arrive on 26 October 2020 for the first regular service on the stretch of about 205 kilometres, according to a PTI report. Earlier, a seaplane flight has been used by Prime Minister Narendra Modi from the Sabarmati riverfront in Ahmedabad. The Shipping Minister was quoted in the report saying that for the launching off the first seaplane service in the country from Sabarmati riverfront to Statue of Unity, infrastructure is ready for it on both sides including the floating jetty.
