Aai

(Representative image) At least seven flights were cancelled across the Northeast on Wednesday due to poor visibility and bad weather conditions, a senior official of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) said. The flights from Guwahati to Tezu and Tezu to Guwahati were cancelled due to low visibility, mainly over Guwahati sky, the official told PTI. "The Tezu-Imphal flight was cancelled due to poor visibility. All these three flights are operated by FlyBig airlines," he said. Due to bad weather, Tezpur-Guwahati and Guwahati-Tezpur services by Pawan Hans were cancelled, the official said. "The Guwahati-Dimapur-Imphal and the return Imphal-Dimapur-Guwahati flight of Alliance Air were also cancelled during the day," he said. Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) scientist Sanjay O'neil Shaw said the weather conditions and visibility are likely to improve over the next 2–3 days. "There will be generally cloudy sky in Guwahati with the expectation of light rain or … [Read more...] about Seven flights cancelled in Northeast due to poor visibility

In Budget 2023-24, which was tabled in Parliament on Wednesday, the minister proposed to revive 50 additional airports, heliports, water aerodromes and advance landing groundings “for improving regional air connectivity”. In recent years, the Centre has been improving regional air connectivity through its flagship scheme, UDAN, which focuses on connectivity between Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities. Boost for the UDAN scheme The Economic Survey – 2023, which was tabled in Parliament on Tuesday, had said the UDAN scheme has considerably enhanced regional connectivity through the opening of airports in India’s hinterland. Under this scheme, the government has approved a budget of Rs 4,500 crore for the revival of existing unserved or underserved airports or airstrips of State governments, the Airports Authority of India (AAI), public sector undertakings and civil enclaves. The government has also accorded ‘in-principle’ approval for the setting up of 21 greenfield airports … [Read more...] about Budget 2023: Centre to revive 50 airports to improve regional air connectivity