Dear Esteemed Members of the Media,
Kindly find appended below the press release on 'CII discusses Hub Operations for Goa Airport'. May I request you to kindly carry the same in your esteemed Media With Warm Regards, Geetika _________________________ Geetika Goyal State Head-Goa Confederation of Indian Industry 502, Unitech City Center, M. G. Road, Panaji, Goa 403 001 Tel: 0832 - 2422790 / 2422796 / 8806133455 E-mail: [email protected] CII discusses Hub Operations for Goa Airport The Chairman of CII Mr Kirit Maganlal has led a delegation to the Hon'ble Chief Minister to forward a proposal for giving effect to the Chief Minister's budget proposal of declaring the old Goa Airport as a hub for airline operations. It may be recalled that during the tenure of Mr Atul Pai Kane as Chairman of the CII, he had initiated discussions with a number of LCC (Low cost carrier) airlines to utilize the idle old airport facilities after the inauguration of the new International Airport at Dabolim. The CII had been extensively in talks with the LCC operators and had at one stage invited the CEO of Air Asia Mr Mittu Chandilya to its Annual General Meeting as a Guest of Honour. This was followed up by organizing meetings with the travel and tour fraternity of Goa and the AAI. The CII has also held a number of meetings with the Government of Goa along with some LCC operators. It is now learned that the Government has initiated a Special task force led by the Secretary Aviation, Government of Goa and the CII to study and evolve terms of operation for such LCC operators and report its findings in the next ten days. The hub operations are meant to give a tremendous boost to tourism in the State and provide much needed connectivity to Goa to the Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities in India. 3rd June 2014 Panaji, Goa -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Disclaimer This message, including any files transmitted with it, is for the sole use of the intended recipient and may contain information that is confidential, legally privileged or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, please note that any unauthorized use, review, storage, disclosure or distribution of this message and/or its contents in any form is strictly prohibited. If it appears that you are not the intended recipient or this message has been forwarded to you without appropriate authority, please immediately delete this message permanently from your records and notify the sender. CII makes no warranties as to the accuracy or completeness of the information in this message and accepts no liability for any damages, including without limitation, direct, indirect, incidental, consequential or punitive damages, arising out of or due to use of the information given in this message.
