Seaplane to be used for Sabarmati-Statue of Unity flights takes off from Maldives
NEW DELHI: The seaplane that will be used for starting flights between Ahmedabad’s Sabarmati riverfront and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s Stature of Unity in Kevadia from October 31 — the iron man’s birth anniversary — is on its way to India.
A 15-seater DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft of Maldivian Aero, the country’s national airline, has taken off from Male on Sunday and will reach Ahmedabad on Monday after two transit halts at Kochi and Goa.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi — who famously took a seaplane from Ahmedabad in 2017 — will inaugurate this service.
“For India’s first seaplane project, we had to turn to the experts in the field! The seaplane operations will take off with the assistance of Maldivian Aero (seaplane), pilots & crew! We thank the government of Maldives and Maldivian Aero for their support,” the High Commission of India in Maldives tweeted on Sunday.
A DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft of Maldivian Aero (it has 11 of those planes which joined its fleet in January2018) took off for India from Male on Sunday. The aircraft will reaching Ahmedabad on Monday after two transit halts at Cochin and Goa, according to aviation ministry JS Usha Padhee.
SpiceJet will use this leased aircraft to operate eight daily flights with a ticket price of about Rs 4,800.
