Shillong: Air-India has been considering
plans to operate flights from Kolkata to Shillong and Tura in
Meghalaya, besides promoting the hill state as a major tourist
destination with national and international air connectivity,
the sources said.
Air-India would set up a state-of-art Aviation
Training Academy in Shillong.
Air-India CMD Arvind Jadhav informed this to Meghalaya
Chief Minister D D Lapang during their meeting in New Delhi on
Friday evening, official sources here today said.
Also in the pipeline is a call centre for Air-India
clients at Shillong.
Elaborating on the Air Indias plans for North-East,
Jadav asked the state government to provide 12 acre land for
setting up the academy.
"Air-India would like to support tourism development
in Meghalaya. We would work out suitable proposals, including
that of seamless multi-modal transport," Jadav was quoted as
telling Lapang.
The CMD is expected to visit Shillong next month for
discussion on the proposals.
Bureau Report
First Published: Sunday, August 30, 2009, 18:12