Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Air India suspends flights to Kullu till August 31

Manali: Air India has suspended its flights to Kullu-Manali Airport at Bhuntar till August 31 due to poor visibility in the area due to rainy season. The adventure tourism fraternity of the region is disappointed as hundreds of foreigner tourists are visiting Kullu everyday for adventure activities.
"Air India has announced to stop its services on Delhi-Bhuntar route from July 22 to August 31," director, Kullu-Manali Airport, Y K Sharma, said. He added that an Air India aircraft had to return from Bhunter on Monday after it could not land due to dense fog over the surrounding mountain peaks. "Landing on the small airstrip surrounded by mountains and river becomes very risky during monsoon season. Pilots have to deal with Larji hill before entering the Bhunter valley and the hill remains covered with dense fog most of the time," he said.
It is peak adventure tourism season in Himachal and thousands of high-end tourists from abroad are reaching here for trekking and mountaineering. Most of the tourists prefer to travel by flights to reduce travel time. Air India was the only airline which was operating daily one sortie between Delhi and Bhunter.
23/07/14 Suresh Sharma/Times of India
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