AI to resume Goa-Dubai service soon
NAVHINDTIMES.COM
The air services from Goa to Dubai that were
discontinued abruptly in the recent past are expected
to be resumed in the next 10 days, with the Air India
authorities working out their schedule.
The station manager of National Aviation Company of
India Ltd, which now operates under the brand name of
Air India following the amalgamation of Air India and
Indian Airlines, Mr Anil Kaul said that the flight
would be operated twice a week.
He said that besides working out the schedule, the
authorities have to complete some other formalities
such as landing permission, etc. He also said the Air
India would operate an Airbus 320 service on the
sector, adding that once the formalities were
completed the services would resume.
The national career was operating three services to
the Gulf region including Sharjah, Dubai and Kuwait,
which has sizable number of Goans in the region and
who preferred to take direct flight to and from their
homeland from the places where they work. While
services to Dubai and Sharjah were discontinued, but
to Kuwait is still operational.
The service to Sharjah was unlikely to be resumed as
it was just half an hourâs drive from Dubai, but
there was possibility of increasing the frequency of
flights to Dubai.
With the state government making all out efforts to
promote Goa as a tourists destination to people in
Arabian Gulf, resumptions of flights to Dubai and
starting of flights to other destinations would help
the state in its endeavour as people would be able to
avail direct flights to enter and exit Goa.
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