Providing Air Travel Facilities to Personnel of Armed Forces

Providing Air Travel Facilities to Personnel of Armed Forces

In consideration of various proposals from Army Headquarters, sanction has been accorded for hiring of 648 charter flights per year to extend Air Travel facility to personnel in Armed Forces to the following destinations:-

S. No.

Route

Total flights per year

1.

Delhi-Leh-Delhi

260

2.

Delhi-Srinagar-Delhi

•208

3.

Delhi-Thoise-Delhi

104

4.

Kolkata-Imphal-Kolkata

52

5.

Chennai-Kolkata-Port Blair and Back

24

 

TOTAL:

648

These flights are expected to reduce travel time and reduce stress of the troops.

This information was given by Defence Minister Shri AK Antony in a writtenreply  to Shri Motilal Vora and Shri Satyavrat Chaturvedi in Rajya Sabha today

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