Wednesday, September 28, 2005
IA to operate A-320 special flight for tsunami hit Andamans Port Blair Sept 23
Indian Airlines would operate special A 320 flights next month for tsunami hit Andaman and Nicobar Islands in order to promote tourism.
Indian Airlines would operate eight A-320 aircraft on Chennai- Port Blair- Chennai sector and two flights on Kolkata-Port Blair- Kolkata sector, Indian Airlines sources informed.
The flights on Chennai- Port Blair- Chennai sector will be operated on October 5, 7, 12, 14, 19, 21, 26 and 28 while on Kolkata-Port Blair- Kolkata sector the flights will be on October 5 and 15.
These special flights will arrive at Port Blair at 0930 hrs and depart at 1020 hrs in respect of Port Blair- Chennai, the arrival and departure from Port Blair to Kolkata will be 0800 hrs and 0840 hrs respectively, the source added.
Tourism industry of Andaman was badly hit after tsunami devastation bringing down the tourist inflow 91 per cent drop.
However, the industry is slowly picking up with tourists, mostly Indians are visiting the islands again.
According to data collected from the tourism department of Andaman and Nicobar Islands during January to March 2004 37,542 people had visited the island but it dwindled to 2,359 tourists during January to March 2005. The tsunami struck on December 26, 2004 ravaging the Nicobar group of islands.
The Andaman & Nicobar are a group of picturesque Islands, big and small, inhabited and uninhabited, a total of 572 islands, islets and rocks lying in the South Eastern Part of the Bay of Bengal. They lie along an arc in long and narrow broken chain, approximately North-South over a distance nearly 800 kms.
Indian Airlines had played a major role in reviving the tourism industry in Andaman and Nicobar islands. The Airlines had brought many fam-tour (familiarization tour) delegations consisting of major player of tourism industry from mainland India to Andaman.
Indian Airlines had also played positive roll during tsunami by bringing huge loads of relief materials and evacuating tourists from these remote islands.
Indian Airlines would operate eight A-320 aircraft on Chennai- Port Blair- Chennai sector and two flights on Kolkata-Port Blair- Kolkata sector, Indian Airlines sources informed.
The flights on Chennai- Port Blair- Chennai sector will be operated on October 5, 7, 12, 14, 19, 21, 26 and 28 while on Kolkata-Port Blair- Kolkata sector the flights will be on October 5 and 15.
These special flights will arrive at Port Blair at 0930 hrs and depart at 1020 hrs in respect of Port Blair- Chennai, the arrival and departure from Port Blair to Kolkata will be 0800 hrs and 0840 hrs respectively, the source added.
Tourism industry of Andaman was badly hit after tsunami devastation bringing down the tourist inflow 91 per cent drop.
However, the industry is slowly picking up with tourists, mostly Indians are visiting the islands again.
According to data collected from the tourism department of Andaman and Nicobar Islands during January to March 2004 37,542 people had visited the island but it dwindled to 2,359 tourists during January to March 2005. The tsunami struck on December 26, 2004 ravaging the Nicobar group of islands.
The Andaman & Nicobar are a group of picturesque Islands, big and small, inhabited and uninhabited, a total of 572 islands, islets and rocks lying in the South Eastern Part of the Bay of Bengal. They lie along an arc in long and narrow broken chain, approximately North-South over a distance nearly 800 kms.
Indian Airlines had played a major role in reviving the tourism industry in Andaman and Nicobar islands. The Airlines had brought many fam-tour (familiarization tour) delegations consisting of major player of tourism industry from mainland India to Andaman.
Indian Airlines had also played positive roll during tsunami by bringing huge loads of relief materials and evacuating tourists from these remote islands.
