Just one additional flight for Surat, a vast worldwide reach for Surtis

Globe trotting Surtis are now connected worldwide

With apologies to late Neil Armstrong, we at Surat have decided to adapt his famous quote upon stepping on the surface of the moon. For us it is 'Just one additional flight for Surat, a vast worldwide reach for Surtis.

Surat Delhi new service opens the world to Surat

Surat to Delhi  Flights now at Rs.4,500 fixed fare in both directions.
Surat will be connected with one more flight on the Delhi - Surat - Delhi sector during the late evening hours by the national Carrier Air India. This flight is operated by Air India under its own code with flight numbers AI/489 and AI/490. This flight is in addition to the existing morning service the national carrier operates under code sharing agreement with its subsidiary Alliance Air DBA Air India regional. The main attraction is the fixed fare of Rs.4,500 in both directions.

Air India requires Financial Guarantees from Surat

Financial guarantee tor providing flights
In a first of its kind for domestic aviation in India, Air India has asked a city for financial guarantee to enhance air connectivity. The fliers from Surat were elated by news published that Air India will deploy an Airbus A320 equipment during evenings in addition to the CRJ700 service operated six days a week by its subsidiary Alliance Air DBA Air India Regional. What the newspapers have not reported is the financial strings attached to this announcement.

Injustice to Surat Aviation

There are theories and conspiracy theories on why Surat is not getting its due as far as air connectivity is concerned. We have with us raw footage in six parts of an interview held by documentary film maker late Shalin Shelat for the "Our Surat" documentary. Some of the clips from these footage have been included in the documentary. We have placed all of them in this blog post.

Air India has been established to drain tax payer money

Why Air India does losses?
Tarun Chugh is a textile entrepreneur and WWWAS member based in Surat. He has been researching why Air India continuously ignores Surat even though their subsidiary Alliance Air earns amongst the highest per passenger revenue from Surat as against their other favored airports. The research has been carried out after filing umpteen number of RTI applications.

WWWAS group hosts Air Asia India delegates at Surat

After a year of correspondence with Mr. Mittu Chandilya, CEO of Air Asia India, our WWWAS Group Administrator Linesh Shah could convince him to at least start exploring Surat as a potential destination for Air Asia India.

Juhu airport safety runs into a wall...

Aviation is one industry where safety and security are expected to be of the highest standards. As far as airports are concerned, as most of the airports worldwide are state run, although ICAO specifies minimum standards for safety, security and navigation, some leeway is always given depending on the situation.