Surat, 18 May 2013

India’s profit making airline Indigo will carry out an exercise to check whether there is enough traffic to launch a flight connecting Surat to Mumbai. Indigo’s higher officials will visit Surat and hold a meeting with Southern Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry(SGCCI) in first week of June, according to SGCCI president Paresh Patel who held a meeting with Indigo’s Director Rajatkumar and Vice President Ajay Bhatnagar in Delhi on Friday.

Surat which is the second largest city of Gujarat, is presently connected to airports of rest of India through services of Indian Airlines and Spice Jet. But SGCCI believes that this is not just enough, and city should have more air services.

In a meeting with Indigo airlines officers, a delegation of SGCCI suggested to start new flights between Surat and Mumbai, so that NRIs traveling to and from Europe and U.K may get domestic connectivity after and before the international flight. SGCCI suggested that Indigo’s Mumbai-Delhi flights may halt at Surat in the mornings and evenings. SGCCI delegation presented data of existing passenger traffic the other airlines enjoy at present at Surat airport.