Chances of Singapore Airlines flight taking off from the Visakhapatnam airport from October 1 seem to be weakening.
Contrary to the assurance given by the government that the watch hours could be extended at “short notice” once the airlines give a written consent, no decision has been taken even more than two months after Singapore International Airlines announced its decision to operate flights from Vizag to Singapore thrice a week.
It had announced that the SilkAir flight from Singapore would arrive here at 10.05 p.m. and take off for Singapore at 10.55 p.m. Many international airlines are said to be shying away from the city due to absence of round-the-clock operations at the airport.
Though Union Ministers D. Purandeswari and V. Kishore Chandra Deo, Rajya Sabha Member T. Subbarami Reddy, Minister for Infrastructure and Investments Ganta Srinivasa Rao, and representatives of Visakhapatnam Air Travellers’ Association (VATA) and Air Travellers Association (ATA) have been pursuing the matter with the Defence Ministry, Finance Ministry, the Navy, and the Airports Authority of India (AAI), no concrete proposal has emerged so far on the demand.
The Navy, which reportedly created a stumbling block in the extension of watch hours at the airport on the plea of ‘lack of manpower’, is said to have agreed to the extension of watch hours a few day ago. But no written commitment has been given so far.
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