CM flags off first direct flight from Salem to Chennai
TIMES NEWS NETWORK 26.03.2018
Salem: Chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami flagged off the first flight from Salem to Chennai at the city airport on Sunday in the presence of Union minister of state for finance and shipping Pon Radhakrishnan, civil aviation secretary R N Choubey, state chief secretary Girija Vaidyanathan, Rajya Sabha MP L Ganesan, ministers P Thangamani, K C Karuppannan, K P Anbalagan, MR Vijayabhaskar, district collector Rohini R Bhajibakare and Trujet MD Premkumar Pandey.
The first flight took off from Chennai with 70 passengers at 9.50am and landed in Salem at 10.45am. Airport personnel welcomed the Trujet ATR 72-600 aircraft with a water salute, as it touched the city airport runway.
The chief minister handed over free boarding passes to two children from economically backward families.
The service was introduced under the regional connectivity scheme UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagarik). The flight from Salem took off at 11.40am with 70 passengers.
TIMES NEWS NETWORK 26.03.2018
Salem: Chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami flagged off the first flight from Salem to Chennai at the city airport on Sunday in the presence of Union minister of state for finance and shipping Pon Radhakrishnan, civil aviation secretary R N Choubey, state chief secretary Girija Vaidyanathan, Rajya Sabha MP L Ganesan, ministers P Thangamani, K C Karuppannan, K P Anbalagan, MR Vijayabhaskar, district collector Rohini R Bhajibakare and Trujet MD Premkumar Pandey.
The first flight took off from Chennai with 70 passengers at 9.50am and landed in Salem at 10.45am. Airport personnel welcomed the Trujet ATR 72-600 aircraft with a water salute, as it touched the city airport runway.
The chief minister handed over free boarding passes to two children from economically backward families.
The service was introduced under the regional connectivity scheme UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagarik). The flight from Salem took off at 11.40am with 70 passengers.
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