[Assam] India-New York flight named after Assam -AT

[Chan Mahanta]

Is there a direct flight between Mumbai and Guahati yet?







At 10:07 AM -0500 8/2/07, Ram Sarangapani wrote:
>"People of Assam will be a happier lot now on, as the first ever 
>Mumbai-Newyork non-stop daily flight introduced by Air India today 
>was named after the State of Assam." -AT
>
>Would have been far more happier if the flight was between Guwahati 
>and JFK, or better still Guwahat and Houston :)
>
>--Ram
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>
>From A Correspondent
>  MUMBAI, Aug 1 - People of Assam will be a happier lot now on, as 
>the first ever Mumbai-Newyork non-stop daily flight introduced by 
>Air India today was named after the State of Assam. It was an 
>auspicious occasion not only to the Assam team led by Debashish 
>Sarma, the Deputy Resident Commissioner, Assam Bhawan, Mumbai who 
>participated in the flag-off ceremony, but to the whole populace of 
>the state as the high profile flight, with ultra modern aircraft 
>technology and facilities, was flagged off by Union Minister of 
>State for Civil Aviation Praful Patel at 12.45 am. (IST) in Mumbai.
>
>The ceremony was preceded by traditional Assamese Bihu dance and 
>Bharat Natyam of Andhra Pradesh, the state after which another 
>flight is to be named. Both the folk dances were highly appreciated 
>by the elite gathering consisting of several members of Parliament, 
>top central and state bureaucrats, other government officials, 
>filmstars, businessmen among others.
>
>The Assam team which was led by Sri Sarma also included Himangshu 
>Sekhar Das, Commissioner, Tourism Department and Liakat Ali, Deputy 
>Director, Tourism Department.
>
>Addressing the gathering prior to the formal flag-off of the flight, 
>Praful Patel said that since he sat on the saddle, there have been a 
>sea change in the aviation sector. He said that the number of 
>aircraft in India has been increased from a meagre 138 in 2004 to 
>330 in 2007. The present government at the Centre has made all out 
>effort to make people in every nook and corner in the country feel 
>that they are not secluded anymore. They have been given the 
>opportunity to feel that there are places to remind beyond 
>metropolis like Mumbai and Delhi. Keeping this aim in view, his 
>department has decided to name the first two aircraft of this very 
>important fleet after Andhra Pradesh and Assam. He reiterated his 
>commitment to improve the condition of the civil aviation sector 
>according to the demand of the present scenario.
>
>Speaking on the occasion, V Tulsidas, chairman-cum-managing 
>director, Air India, gave a bird's eye view of the aircraft and 
>narrated the facilities designed to fit the level of 'customer's 
>delight'. He also informed that the country's two major air carriers 
>merger will materialise within the next few weeks and the new name 
>would be 'Air India'. Dr V Trivedi, CMD, Indian Airlines, also spoke 
>on the occasion. Dr Trivedi disclosed that 10 to 12 existing 
>aircraft have been transformed into cargos and more are to be 
>inducted soon for this purpose. Both the CMDs proudly announced that 
>after the merger 'Air India' would be the biggest airline in this 
>region.
>
>
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