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

Thu Aug 2 14:41:28 PDT 2007

Hi all,

The bangkok-Ghy flight is still operational. I took it 2006 September. Earlier it was operated by Air India and now it is operated by Indian Airlines. Now a days the Ghy flight runs as Bangkok-Guwahati-Gaya flight.

In 2007 January, I took a Bangkok- Calcutta (Jet Airways), Calcutta-Guwahati (Indigo Airlines) flight as the Bangkok-Ghy (Indian Airlines) was too expensive at that point of time. 

The Bangkok-Ghy flight aims for no publicity and hence nobody even in Assam knows if that flight is operational or not. If I am correct it runs on wednesdays now a days. If you go to www.asia.com and search for it, I am sure you will get more info. Be sure to put a wednesday as the journey date.

best
Priyankoo

Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net> wrote:  RE: [Assam] India-New York flight named after Assam -AT 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      The flight on Thursday and Sunday arrives at Jorhat.  Last January I took this flight.  WS  
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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   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 a number of flights a day.   
   On 8/2/07, Chan Mahanta <cmahanta at charter.net> wrote: 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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