Rajkot: As many as 180 passengers were stranded for hours as IndiGo’s Rajkot-Mumbai flight could not take off due to technical problems, resulting in .
Wanting to cater to students in Saurashtra, the school sought Rajkot airport authority’s permission to start a training school in Rajkot
RAJKOT: Students of an Ahmedabad-based flying school may come to Rajkot for practical training. The school - Infini fly aviation approached Rajkot airport to start a flying school in the city and allow use of the runway to provide practical training to its students.
Wanting to cater to students in Saurashtra, the school sought Rajkot airport authority’s permission to start a training school in Rajkot.
Founder Pratik Singal told TOI, “There is a lot of inquiry from interested students in Saurashtra region and to cater to them, we are planning to start a training school here. If we get a green signal we are planning to provide practical training to the students at Rajkot airport. Since, Ahmedabad is an international airport, it has a high flight frequency making it difficult to get a training schedule.”
Rajkot: With the ebbing of the pandemic, private airlines are set to resume their normal flight operations from Rajkot airport soon. IndiGo and SpiceJet had suspended operation in April and May, a month after they had started operating from the airport for want of passengers.
Only state-run Air India was operating from Rajkot airport amid the pandemic, that too, only for four days in a week to Mumbai and Delhi. The highest air traffic from Rajkot airport is for Mumbai followed by Delhi.
According to airport authority sources, IndiGo has announced that it’s scheduled to start operation for Mumbai and Delhi from July 12. The airline will operate four flights in a week to Mumbai and three to Delhi.
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AHMEDABAD: Major airports across Gujarat suspended all operations on Tuesday, due to the heavy rainfall caused by the cyclonic storm that battered the state. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International (SVPI) airport in Ahmedabad had suspended operations for nine and a half hours from 7.30pm on Monday till 5am on Tuesday.
Flight operations continued as scheduled at the international airport, however, as heavy rains lashed Ahmedabad, airport authorities once again suspended all operations from 3pm on Tuesday.
According to an update from the SVPI authorities, where operations, maintenance and development is handled by Adani Airports, “All operations at SVPI airport would remain suspended till 10pm on Tuesday.” Similarly, Surat airport which announced its closure till 6pm on Tuesday also revised its decision later and extended the suspension till 10pm on Tuesday. Rajkot airport had suspended operations from 4pm on Monday.