This story is from August 13, 2019

Private firm gets nod to start flight operations from Indore

Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport will soon become the base of operations for a private firm dealing in aircraft simulation, which will also launch its maiden flight from Indore.
Private firm gets nod to start flight operations from Indore
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INDORE: Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport will soon become the base of operations for a private firm dealing in aircraft simulation, which will also launch its maiden flight from Indore.
Airport Authority of India (AAI) has given green signal to the firm. Airport officials said that the firm with its headquarters in Gurugram had earlier submitted a proposal seeking permission to make Indore airport its base to start flight operations to and from Indore.
“The firm has been given permission to make Indore airport its base of operations and night parking space for two aircraft has been allotted to it,” airport director Aryama Sanyal told TOI.
She said that this permission from AAI would allow the firm to import aircraft, and it has plans to start flight operations from Indore airport to cities like Surat, Nagpur, Jabalpur, Ahmedabad, Nashik etc.
“A final decision about routes is yet to be taken by the firm, but it is expected to launch flight operations by end of this year,” she said.
Officials pointed that after Indigo, this would be the second airline to have night parking space at airport.
“Entry of a new airline would be addition for the airport with connectivity expected on new routes,” they said.
Currently, four airlines including Air India, Indigo, Air Asia and TruJet operate flights to and from Indore airport on over a dozen domestic routes. Air India also operates an international flight between Indore and Dubai. The annual passenger footfall at Indore airport has crossed 31.5 lakh this year. Two more airlines including Vistara and GoAir are also planning to start flight operations from Indore airport soon.
Daily number of scheduled flights had gone down to less than 40 after Jet Airways grounded nearly a dozen of its flights operating to and from Indore. Currently, around 58 flights take off and land at Indore airport.
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