Flights to Shimla from April 2007

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Courtesy: Tribune
Shimla, February 14
Providing the much-needed air connectivity for promoting tourism in the ‘Queen of Hills’, Air Deccan will be starting its regular flights between Shimla and Delhi from April onwards.

A meeting between Air Deccan officials and hoteliers was held here last week in which they decided to start the flights from the tourist season. Initially, the Air Deccan flights will fly for four days a week, thereby providing regular flights on alternate days.

Air Deccan will be using a 48-seater aircraft thereby bringing down the fare to about Rs 3,000. Besides the reduced fare, during the summer season the problem of getting a ticket would also be sorted out to a great extent.

Over a dozen big hotels, including Oberoi-owned properties, East Bourne, Combermere, Chalet Resorts, Potter Hill, Springfield and others have guaranteed to provide 12 seats per flight. In fact, Air Deccan wanted a corporate assurance of at least 12 seats to ensure that it does not turn out to be an uneconomical venture for them.

Sources said with the problem of a limited runway and some other technical problems, Air Deccan will not be able to adjust more than 25 passengers on its return flight from Shimla. As such while coming from Delhi it can carry 48 persons but on return only half the number can be taken.

Erratic and unreliable air connectivity to the state’s capital has been one of the major impediments for the arrival of high-end tourists. “These days people do not mind spending money but they want minimum possible time for travelling, so starting of regular flights will help give a boost to tourism in a big way,” said Mr Rajesh Pathania, General Manager, and East Bourne Hotel.

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Karthikeyan.
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