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

Thu Aug 2 11:48:30 PDT 2007

Thanks WK.

I was hoping for a non-stop flight.

I guess the Kingfisher flight would work.

At 8:30 PM +0200 8/2/07, Wahid Saleh\(GM\) wrote:
>Yes, there are two direct flights from Mumbai to Guwahati (via 
>Kolkata) on a daily basis
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>The flight on Thursday and Sunday arrives at Jorhat.  Last January I 
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>Van: assam-bounces at assamnet.org [mailto:assam-bounces at assamnet.org] 
>Namens Ram Sarangapani
>Verzonden: donderdag 2 augustus 2007 18:56
>Aan: Chan Mahanta
>CC: ASSAMNET
>Onderwerp: Re: [Assam] India-New York flight named after Assam -AT
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>Not yet - but I hear that there will be one. In a way, Guwahati is 
>pretty well connected to the metropolitan cities. Places like Indore 
>(pretty much the size of Guwahati) are not connected to the major 
>cities well.
>Guwahati- Del,a nd Guwahati-Kolkata are excellent connections, with 
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>On 8/2/07, Chan Mahanta 
><<mailto:cmahanta at charter.net>cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:
>Is there a direct flight between Mumbai and Guahati yet?
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>At 10:07 AM -0500 8/2/07, Ram Sarangapani wrote:
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>>"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
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>>Would have been far more happier if the flight was between Guwahati 
>>and JFK, or better still Guwahat and Houston :)
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>>--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.
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>>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.
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>>The Assam team which was led by Sri Sarma also included Himangshu 
>>Sekhar Das, Commissioner, Tourism Department and Liakat Ali, Deputy 
>>Director, Tourism Department.
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>>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.
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>>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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