To enhance connectivity in NE, AAI official asks airlines for exclusive aircraft

A senior Airports Authority of India (AAI) official has written to several airlines requesting them to keep an aircraft exclusively for the northeast to improve inter-state air connectivity in the region.

“Movement within NER (Northeast region) is difficult, unsafe, time-consuming and costly by other means,” AAI’s regional executive director for the northeast, Sanjeev Jindal, wrote in separate letters to top officials of Trujet, SpiceJet and Indigo airlines on October 1.

“We suggest if one small aircraft like ATR is placed at one of the stations such as Guwahati/Shillong/Lengpui and that connects different airports it will be very profitable sector at one hand as well as it will be a turning point for the Northeast region,” Jindal said.