NE NEWS SERVICE
GANDHINAGAR, AUG 30
Seaplane service to provide air connectivity from Sabarmati Riverfront in Ahmadabad to Statue of Unity in Kevadia in Gujarat is scheduled to start on October 31, the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallbhbhai Patel.
A high-level meeting was organized on Saturday in Gandhinagar to review the progress of the water aerodrome operation in Gujarat.
An official release said that Gujarat government signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Union Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA), and Airports Authority of India in July to start the first-ever “seaplane services in Gujarat” to provide seamless and affordable air connectivity from Sabarmati Riverfront in Ahmadabad to Statue of Unity in Kevadia.
The service will be operated by Spicejet Airline from Sabarmati riverfront in Ahmadabad to Statue of Unity in Kevadia, the release said.
The release said that inaugural flight “is likely to happen” on October 31 and there will be per day four flights a day (four arrival and four departures).
Ticket price would be around Rs 4,800 per person, it said
The release added that the scheme is being implemented by the terms and conditions of a tripartite agreement between the state government, MoCA, and the Airports Authority of India.
Meanwhile, sources said that crocodiles have been removed from the place where the seaplanes will land. In the past also, environmental activists had protested against the state government’s move of removing crocodiles from near the Statue of Unity.
