NE to witness 19 per cent growth in flights

Saturday, March 17, 2007, 16:52 [IST]

Shillong, Feb 22 (UNI) Air traffic in northeast and eastern sector is all set to boom this summer with 19 per cent growth in flights.

The air traffic would increase all over the country and the country would get an additional 2,000 flights from March 26, official sources said here today.

The number of flights from the NE and east would increase from existing 1.034 to 1,129 each week, sources added.

The growth in the NE sector generally believed to be neglected one is next to that of southern and western sectors, official sources said.

Sources said the ministry was also working out on introduction of more smaller aircraft to link several towns of the region and expansion of airports in the region.

UNI

Topics: AVIATION-NE-GROWTH

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