The Chief Minister of Punjab Bhagwant Mann on Monday guided the State Civil Aviation division to right away collaborate with the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Airport Authority of India (AAI) for starting direct international flights from Chandigarh, especially to Canada, the USA, and the UK.
At present, Mohali International airport has only two international flights flying from here to Dubai and Sharjah.
During a meeting at his official residence to evaluate the functioning of the Civil Aviation Division, Bhagwant Mann noted that the vast majority of Punjabis reside in international locations such as Canada, the US, the UK, New Zealand, and Australia. Consequently, this drive would work with the Punjabi diaspora settled abroad to go to their local areas in Punjab in a consistent technique. This will promote tourists to Punjab from international locations.
In this manner, the Chief Minister furthermore mentioned the division to immediately meet a get-together with the Haryana Civil Aviation division for developing a wide agreement that would allow the renaming of the Mohali International Airport to Shaheed-e-Azam Sardar Bhagat Singh International Airport, Mohali it would help us recall the sacrifices of the martyr for the country.
To introduce a driving force to the ago and meals handling exchange inside the state, the Chief Minister moreover mentioned the division to right away start freight departures from Mohali Worldwide Airport to make Punjab an open market. According to the Chief Minister, this step will greatly enhance the export of meal merchandise thought the globe it will severely boost the earnings of the farmers. He declared this initiative to be farmer friendly as it would allow Punjab to be an open market.
Additionally, the CM asked the department to accelerate its efforts to upgrade from CAT-2 TO CAT-3 for facilitating flying operations in low visibility such as dense fog or smog during the winter months.