Indore-Nagpur-Dubai flight soon

April 23, 2008

NEW DELHI: AIR-INDIA Express is likely to introduce Indore to Dubai via Nagpur flight soon, the Minister for Civil Aviation, Praful Patel informed the Lok Sabha on Thursday.

In a written answer to Sumitra Mahajan, the Minister said Air-India Express has plans to introduce flights from Indore to Dubai via Nagpur on availability of Customs and immigration facilities at Indore Airport. In another written reply, Patel said while the National Aviation Company of India Limited does not have immediate plans to introduce more air services from Aurangabad, Pune and Nagpur due to non-availability of spare capacity, Lufthansa airline of Germany has proposed operations on Pune-Frankfurt route with an all Business class A-319 aircraft. MAH LEADS IN JNNURM: Minister of State for Urban Development, Ajay Maken confirmed in the Rajya Sabha on Thursday that Maharashtra is now one of the leading States under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) with 56 projects being approved at a cost of Rs. 7732.45 crore. Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh have been sanctioned 55 and 39 numbers of projects respectively. The Government of Maharashtra has submitted 141 project proposals costing Rs. 36379.27 crore. Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) which are found to be in compliance with the guidelines of JNNURM are considered by the Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee for approval. 56 DPRs have been sanctioned for Maharashtra at a total approved cost of Rs. 7732.45 crore.