Staff Correspondent
Port Blair, Apr 17: Andaman’s pride and tourist favourite Sea Plane Service of Andaman and Nicobar Islands will remain suspended for nearly a month after April 30 2014.
Talking to Andaman Sheekha recently the Commissioner cum Secretary of Civil Aviation, Mr. Mohanjeet Singh said that the present contract of supplying Sea Plane to Andaman and Nicobar Administration will end on April 2014.
“Instead of extending the lease we have asked the Pawan Hans to provide us a Sea Plane, which the Pawan Hans will take on wet lease. Pawan Hans is already providing us helicopters for inter-island connectivity,” Singh added.
He said that the process of acquiring a sea plane by Pawan Hans may take some time, which will cause the temporary suspension of Sea Plane Service.
“During the Suspension period, we would provide services of Helicopters to the Islands, which were connected with Sea Plane Service,” Singh added.
Sea Plane Service was formally launched in Andaman and Nicobar Islands on 31 December 2010. The present sea plane is a Cessna Caravan 208 Amphibian and has a seating capacity of nine passengers and can land on water.
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