Ahmedabad: Just around two months after the Union Government launched the Guidelines for Seaplane Operations in India, De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Ltd, one of the world’s largest seaplane manufacturers, is sending a DHC-6 Twin Otter Classic 300-G to India this Wednesday. The aircraft will arrive at Ahmedabad Airport and begin its journey across India, starting in Vijayawada, followed by Mysore, Lakshadweep, and finally Shillong. From Ahmedabad, the aircraft will proceed to Vijayawada, w...Read More

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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