Articles tagged under: Seaplane

HC rejects plea of Sabarmati-Kevadia seaplane operator over blacklisting

October 05, 2023
HC rejects plea of Sabarmati-Kevadia seaplane operator over blacklisting

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat high court, on Wednesday, rejected a petition filed by Maritime Energy Heli Air Service Pvt Ltd challenging its blacklisting and the forfeiture of its performance guarantee. The company was responsible for the seaplane service between the Sabarmati Riverfront and the Statue of Unity but failed to demonstrate the procurement of an aircraft. The company had approached the high court last month, claiming that it had won the bid for the seaplane service but received a show-...Read More

Sabarmati- Kevadia seaplane service will resume, assures State govt, date uncertain

March 11, 2023
Sabarmati- Kevadia seaplane service will resume, assures State govt, date uncertain

Gandhinagar: The Gujarat government, during the budget session of the state assembly on Friday, announced its intention to restart the seaplane service. However, it did not provide a specific date for the resumption of the service. In response to a question, the government stated that the service will restart after fulfilling the prescribed procedures. Harshad Patel, the Sabarmati MLA, had asked if the service would be resumed on the same route between the Sabarmati riverfront and Kevadia and...Read More

State govt unable to find private operators for Ahmedabad-Kevadia sea-plane service

June 08, 2022
State govt unable to find private operators for Ahmedabad-Kevadia sea-plane service

Ahmedabad: Efforts to resume the seaplane service between Ahmedabad’s Sabarmati Riverfront and the Statue of Unity in Kevadia have come up a cropper and the project has been put into the deep freezer by the state government. All the three private players, who had submitted bids for running the service, have backed out citing lack of demand and high operational costs. Launched amidst much publicity in October 2020, the service had to wind up operations in April 2021. During this period...Read More

Gujarat govt has ordered sea plane for Sabarmati-Statue of Unity ferry service: Minister

May 13, 2022

Statue of Unity: Minister for Roadways and Construction, Purnesh Modi announced that the state government has placed the order for a sea plane for the ferry service that will be operated between Sabarmati and the Statue of Unity and the service will be launched very soon. Modi was speaking during the function to inaugurate a newly constructed bus stop at Ektanagar, Statue of Unity, which was also attended by MP Mansukh Vasava. Congress MLA PD Vasava also graced the ceremony held to dedicate ...Read More

Gujarat govt proposes to start Air Ambulance Service

November 24, 2021
Gujarat govt proposes to start Air Ambulance Service

Gandhinagar: Gujarat government has made a proposal to the central government for start of air ambulance service in the State, which if materialize will be the first in the country to be started by any government. It is understood that the old aircraft owned by the State government which was used for the Chief Minister will be used for proposed air ambulance service. State Civil Aviation Minister Purnesh Modi informed that the fare of proposed air ambulance service will be Rs 50 thousand...Read More

How to Reach Statue of Unity at Kevadia from Ahmedabad ? : Distance, Duration, Flights, Buses, Trains, Everything you need to know

February 22, 2021
How to Reach Statue of Unity at Kevadia from Ahmedabad ? : Distance, Duration, Flights, Buses, Trains, Everything you need to know

Ahmedabad: The Statue of Unity is the tallest statue in the world located at Kevadiya in Central Gujarat. It is one of the fastest emerging tourist destinations with other attractions such as a Jungle Safari - Zoological park, rafting, bicycle riding, glow garden, Sardar Sarovar Narmada dam etc that have been already added and even more attractions are being added. Though Vadodara is the nearest airport and it is also located on Delhi - Mumbai main railway line, Ahmedabad, the commercial capi...Read More

Centre to launch Sagarmala Seaplane Services (SSPS) with potential airline operators; Surat proposed as one of hubs

January 04, 2021
Centre to launch Sagarmala Seaplane Services (SSPS) with potential airline operators; Surat proposed as one of hubs

New Delhi: Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways is initiating the process of commencing operations of the Seaplane services, on the select routes, under a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) framework through prospective airline operators. The project execution and implementation would be through Sagarmala Development Company Ltd (SDCL), which is under the administrative control of the Ministry. Several destinations are envisaged for seaplane operations.The proposed Origin-Destination pairs un...Read More

Seaplane returns from Maldives; Dry & Wet dock for maintenance to be created at Riverfront

December 30, 2020
Seaplane returns from Maldives; Dry & Wet dock for maintenance to be created at Riverfront

Sabarmati: Additional Chief Secretary Rajeev Gupta today said, a maintenance facility (dry and wet dock) at Sabarmati Riverfront will be created soon for scheduled maintenance of Seaplane. It's worth noting that a Seaplane service connecting Sabarmati riverfront and Sardar Sarovar Narmada dam was on halt for last few days as due to lack of dry and wet dock, the aircraft was sent to Maldives for scheduled maintenance. The government has decided to create wet and dry dock at Sabarmati riverfront i...Read More

Seaplane service connecting Sabarmati Riverfront and Statue of Unity to resume from December 20

December 18, 2020
Seaplane service connecting Sabarmati Riverfront and Statue of Unity to resume from December 20

Sabarmati: SpiceShuttle, the fully-owned subsidiary of private air operator SpiceJet today in a statement said, it 'will resume seaplane operations between Ahmedabad’s Sabarmati Riverfront and Kevadia’s Statue of Unity from December 27, 2020 with two daily flights on the route. Bookings of the seaplane service for the passengers will open from December 20, 2020.' It's worth noting that a seaplane operating on this route was taken to Maldives for scheduled maintenance due to lack of availa...Read More

Seaplane returns to Maldives for maintenance; service suspended

November 29, 2020
Seaplane returns to Maldives for maintenance; service suspended

Ahmedabad: The seaplane service from the Sabarmati Riverfront in Ahmedabad to the Statue of Unity in Kevadia, which was launched on October 31, has been suspended indefinitely. A spokesperson of SpiceJet, the airline operating the service, said, “Seaplane operations have been temporarily suspended due to mandatory aircraft maintenance.Since the maintenance facility (dry and wet dock) is still under construction at Ahmedabad, the aircraft has to be sent to our lessor’s facility at Maldives...Read More