The Ministry of Civil Aviation has in principle agreed for Developing Guwahati, Agartala, Imphal and Dibrugarh Airports as Regional Hubs.
To begin with, the related works for developing Regional Hub at Guwahati will start from June, 2011.
Shri. Handique mentioned that “The Regional Hub for Civil Aviation at Guwahati has been a three decade old demand of the people of the Region and I thank Mr.Vayalar Ravi for addressing this issue. I am hopeful that Guwahati will start functioning as a Regional Hub very soon.”
Minister of Civil Aviation, Shri. Vayalar Ravi will lay the Foundation Stone in the presence of Minister of DoNER, Shri. Bijoy Krishna Handique and Chief Minister of Assam, Shri. Tarun Gogoi. Requisite funds will be provided by Ministry of DoNER. This will help in night parking of aircrafts at Guwahati and early morning operations to the interiors of the Region.
Ministry of DoNER and Ministry of Civil Aviation will establish a Composite Training School for Ground Level Staff for Navigation and Aircraft Maintenance at Lilabari, Assam. Land has already been acquired by Government of Assam and North Eastern Council will fund the Project.
The Ministry of Civil Aviation has agreed to the request of Minister of Ministry of Development of North East Region (DoNER), Shri Bijoy Krishna Handique to introduce more flights to the Lilabari and Tezpur Airports in Assam, which is within the vicinity of Itanagar, the state capital of Arunachal Pradesh.
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