STATE TIMES NEWS
SRINAGAR: In a significant development which would go a long way in boosting tourism and help expansion of economic activity in J and K, Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday flagged off maiden evening flight from Srinagar International Airport.
Operated by private airliner, GoAir, the flight will take off at 6.40 pm daily from Srinagar International Airport for New Delhi. Minister of State for Forest, Ecology and Environment, Zahoor Ahmad Mir, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Naveen Kumar Choudhary, Secretary Tourism, Farooq Ahmad Shah, Commissioner Civil Aviation, Captain S Katoch, Chief Operating Officer, GoAir, Wolf Gang and Director Srinagar Airport, R K Shinde were present on the occasion.
With the operation of regular evening flight, GoAir will be operating six flights daily from Srinagar Airport including four on Srinagar-Delhi and two on Srinagar-Mumbai sectors.
She said discussions are on with various airlines to carry fresh flowers from Srinagar to New Delhi and Mumbai to boost the floriculture sector in Kashmir.
Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Dr Asghar Hassan Samoon, ADG CID, S M Sahai, Deputy Commissioner Budgam, Mir Altaf Hussain, DIG Central Kashmir Range, Ghulam Hassan Bhat, Director Floriculture, Talat Parvaiz, Director Tourism Kashmir, Mehmood Ahmad Shah, SSP Budgam, Fayaz Ahmad and other officers of tourism, civil aviation, Air Force and GoAir, besides representatives of trade and travel organisations were present on the occasion.
