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Airport may be temporarily shut next year
By rajesh, Section Local Transportation
By Siddhartha D. Kashyap/TNN
Pune: The Indian Air Force (IAF) may have to temporarily shut down Pune's Lohegaon airport in 2007 for the much-needed re-carpeting of the runway. The airport could close for a few days to a few months, depending on whether the authorities adopt a piece-meal approach or decide to complete the work without any interruptions. A senior IAF official told TOI that the runway closure was inevitable and "only the period of the closure is being worked out". The repair work is likely to be taken up before or after the monsoon, the official said.
Puneites fly high on new routes
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Pune: The first anniversary of Air-India's Pune-Dubai service will be marked by the fact that 13,594 Puneites flew to Dubai over the last one year. Similarly, 3,200 passengers boarded the Indian Airlines flight from Pune to Singapore last year. The Dubai flight was introduced on December 12, 2005, while the Singapore flight was launched on December 13. Officials from both Air-India and Indian Airlines, which assessed the passenger load on completion of one year, expressed happiness at the steady growth. While there are three flights a week to Dubai, the Singapore flights are twice a week.
Pune airport director, captain Deepak Shastri, while expressing satisfaction at the favourable response in Dubai, Singapore sectors, said there have been a few inquiries from Lufthansa and Sri Lankan Airlines to start direct services to Frankfurt and Colombo.
Source: Times Of India
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