Port Blair, Aug 4: The Lt. Governor, A&N Islands, Lt. Gen. A. K. Singh (Retd.) and Chief Secretary, A&N Administration, Mr Anindo Majumdar will launch the Dornier flight services by Indian Air force between Port Blair-Car Nicobar and Campbell Bay at a simple to be held at the Inter-Island helicopter terminal here at 8 am on Aug 5, 2016.
The Dornier 228 aircraft is a state-of-the-Art, twin engine turbo-prop aircraft, which can cruise at a speed of 200 kts. The aircraft is fitted with all modern avionics and being widely used for executive transport by the Indian Air force. The A&N Administration is launching this service to augment the air-transport capacity to Nicobar District. With the launching of this facility, the people of southern group of Islands will be largely benefited. The services will be available twice a week on every Monday and Friday.
As per the schedule, The IAF Dornier will depart from Port Blair at 8 am and reach Car Nicobar at 9 am. From Car Nicobar it will depart at 9.45 am and reach Campbell Bay at 10.45 am. On its return flight the aircraft will depart from Campbell Bay at 11.30 am and reach Car Nicobar at 12.30 am. From Car Nicobar, it will depart at 1.15 pm and reach Port Blair at 2.15 pm.
The aircraft will carry 10 passengers and each passenger will be allowed to carry a maximum of 10 kgs registered baggage free of cost. Procedure for reservation of tickets will be as under:-
For reservation of tickets at Port Blair, passengers will be required to submit their application to the Assistant Secretary (GA), A&N Administration, Secretariat, Port Blair at least 02 days in advance for reservation of tickets. The passenger list from the General Administration section is to reach Directorate of Civil Aviation by 11.00 AM on a day prior to scheduled departure of each flight for issuances of tickets.
At Car Nicobar, passengers will be required to submit their application at the Office of the Deputy Commissioner, Nicobar for reservation of tickets. At Campbell Bay, passengers will be required to submit their application at the Office of the Assistant Commissioner, Campbell Bay for reservation of tickets.
