The Hindu Business Line : Private air taxi service between Bihar, Jharkhand

PATNA: Private air taxi service between Bihar and Jharkhand commenced on Friday with a three-seater chartered plane making the first trip from Ranchi to Patna.

Spirit Air Private Ltd, a Lucknow-based private air-taxi service provider, entered into an agreement with DTDS Travel and Tour Planner Pvt Ltd, to begin its service on Airport Authority of India's (AAI) controlled airports such as Ranchi, Gaya and Patna. Spirit Air has named its service provider company as 'Indian Air Taxi'.

“We have started our air-taxi service on the Ranchi-Gaya-Patna route from today.... For this, we have entered into an agreement with DTDS for one month,'' G C Biswas, Associate Vice-President (Marketing), told PTI.

Mr Biswas said it would be DTDS's responsibility to book Spirit Air's three-seater Cessna 172 Sky Hawk aircraft for one month and after that which it would re-assess the business performance and decide whether or not to continue with the agreement.

The flight service would operate on three days -- Monday, Thursday and Saturday -- in a week, Mr Biswas said. The aircraft would leave Ranchi at 9 am and reach Gaya at 10 am. The flight would halt for half an hour in Gaya and then depart for Patna at 10 :30 am and reach here at 11 am. - PTI

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