Recognise Chandigarh airport as ‘Point of Call’: Tewari to Centre
Chandigarh MP and former Union Minister Manish Tewari met Union Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu and demanded recognition of Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh International Airport as a ‘Point of Call’ (POC) for international airlines.
Tewari said, “The Chandigarh international airport located in Mohali, which is now called Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh International Airport, serves the states of Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh. A large number of people from these three states travel internationally for business as well as tourism purposes.”
He said as the airport had not been recognised as the POC for international airlines, its not in the ‘Bilateral Offer List’, which is the first condition for foreign airlines to fly to and fro Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh International Airport.
Tewari told the Union Aviation Minister that he would be very grateful if Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh International Airport is included as the POC in the list of 18 airports in India.
The MP strongly raised this issue by writing a letter to the Union Civil Aviation Minister and handed over the letter today during a meeting.
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