Guwahati airport to be the hub for Udan project in the north-east region

Lokopriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport in Guwahati will be the hub for Udan (Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik) project in the north east region and ASEAN. Dharmendra Kumar Karma, Regional Executive Director, Airports Authority of India (AAI), made this announcement recently.

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Speaking at an event on Civil Aviation at the Global Investors Summit – Advantage Assam in Guwahati, Karma further mentioned, “Small airports will be developed in towns such as Jorhat and Tezpur in Assam under the Udan project.”

Regarding this development, a senior official from the aviation industry said, “The development of necessary infrastructure to cater to the needs of international flight services is important and we want airports in this region to remain open and operational between 10 pm and 6 am. Air Asia is keen to connect Guwahati with airports in the neighbouring countries in the near future.”

Reportedly, Deccan Aviation is planning to open 62 domestic airports within the next six months in the country. Such massive changes are the need of this hour as 97 percent of Indian people have still not boarded a flight.

BP Sharma, CMD of Pawan Hans helicopter service in the North East region, stated about this development, “As all cities and towns of the country cannot be covered by airports, Indian aviation system must rely on helicopter services. Pawan Hans is going to add 52 more towns to its service map and 20 per cent of these towns will be in Assam, as the demand for helicopter service is very high.”