M.P. to expand air connectivity

PTI Updated - April 01, 2011 at 08:59 PM.

The Madhya Pradesh Government has decided to establish air connectivity between major cities in the State by deploying two nine-seater aircraft.

The State government today signed an agreement with a private company Ventura Airconnect Pvt Ltd for the purpose, MP State Tourism Development Corporation (MP STDC) Chairman, Mr Dhruv Narayan Singh, told reporters.

Mr Singh said that initially two single-engine nine-seater Cessna Grand Caravan aircraft will fly between cities such as Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur and Gwalior.

The MPTDC Managing Director, Mr Hariranjan Rao, said the service would start in three months and it would later be extended to other cities of the State.

Published on April 1, 2011 15:29