Surat (STV) Airport

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On SGCCI’s request, Indigo airlines team to visit Surat

Surat, 18 May 2013

India’s profit making airline Indigo will carry out an exercise to check whether there is enough traffic to launch a flight connecting Surat to Mumbai. Indigo’s higher officials will visit Surat and hold a meeting with Southern Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry(SGCCI) in first week of June, according to SGCCI president Paresh Patel who held a meeting with Indigo’s Director Rajatkumar and Vice President Ajay Bhatnagar in Delhi on Friday.

Surat which is the second largest city of Gujarat, is presently connected to airports of rest of India through services of Indian Airlines and Spice Jet. But SGCCI believes that this is not just enough, and city should have more air services.

In a meeting with Indigo airlines officers, a delegation of SGCCI suggested to start new flights between Surat and Mumbai, so that NRIs traveling to and from Europe and U.K may get domestic connectivity after and before the international flight. SGCCI suggested that Indigo’s Mumbai-Delhi flights may halt at Surat in the mornings and evenings. SGCCI delegation presented data of existing passenger traffic the other airlines enjoy at present at Surat airport.

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Dear Mustafa Hamdani,

Kindly refer to your trailing mail, In this regard the total number of passengers handled at Surat Airport are 20108 against the total aircraft movement of 176 in the month of March, 2013.


(D.P. Singh)
Executive Director (CP&MS)

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Mar 2012 - 12828

Mar 2013 - 20108

Tremendous growth compare to last year without addition of any newflight.

Now Indigo has Assured that if they operate from STV it will not be only one or two flight but min of 5 flights a day.indigo team is visiting Surat in the 1st week of Jun

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Domestic and International airlines: Connect Surat (STV) with more flights

Petition by
Gaurang Mehta
United States

There are numerous NRIs in and around Surat, India that would love to have international fights connected to Surat or connecting flights from Mumbai or Ahmedabad to Surat. These flights would be very popular with thousands of South Gujarat residents now living abroad and with those folks travelling for business and pleasure.

Imagine landing in Mumbai or Ahmedabad in the middle of the night and then waiting several hours to catch a 4 hour train ride to get to Surat or catching a cab / car that drives you 4-5 hours to Surat and surrounding area. Instead, if there were international flights landing in Surat or connecting flights that connected Mumbai or Ahmedabad with Surat, it would reduce the amount of hassle by a large amount and make it so attractive to the large population of international travellers travelling to and from Surat and its surrounding area.

Currently, such a traveller adds about 8-10 hours to their overall journey. If there were direct flights or connecting flights, this would cut down to 3 or 4 hours. Additionally, it removes the hassle of getting out of the airport and going to the train station or catching a cab. Travelling with a family of four, quadruples the amount of hassles with all the change and baggage involved with the current situation.

I am creating this petition to catch the attention of the airline industry so they can add flights to Surat. Either international or domestic connections would be very welcome. I live in the San Francisco Bay Area where there are many such travellers and I am positive this can reach out to thousands more.

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Link for signing the petition

http://www.change.org/petitions/dome..._receipt#share

friends please sign

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Passenger traffic at airport up by 25%

SURAT: In what could be seen as music to the ears of airline companies planning to start operations from Surat, the outbound passenger traffic from the airport catered by two airlines - Indian and SpiceJet - on the Mumbai and Delhi routes has gone up to 20,000 per month.

The official statistics of the passengers travelling from Surat airport maintained by the Airport Authority of India (AAI) suggest a 25 per cent increase in the passenger traffic in April 2013 compared to the same month previous year.

Every month around 10,000 to 16,000 passengers travel to Mumbai, Delhi and other destinations from the city in Indian Airlines and SpiceJet aircraft. From March 2013, the number of passengers has increased to 18,000 to 20,000.

Sources said both the SpiceJet and Indian Airlines have been providing onward flight connectivity to the passengers bound to Delhi and Mumbai.

However, a passenger wanting to travel to Goa or Thiruvananthpuram are provided with connecting flights from Mumbai and those wanting to travel towards northern and south eastern states are provided connectivity from New Delhi.

Official sources said there are 95 per cent bookings with both the airline companies operating from Surat for May and mid-June due to the summer vacation.

Recently, a trade delegation from the diamond city met senior officials of Indigo airlines to apprise them about the potential of passenger traffic from Surat airport.

Kamlesh Yagnik, president elect, SGsaid, "The Indigo authorities are soon planning to launch their flight services from Surat. The increasing passenger traffic from the airport has put the diamond city on the top priority list of the leading airline companies."

EH Pathan, solid waste manager, Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC), said, "Two airlines and 20,000 passengers per month is a big thing. If the people here get access to more destinations through other airline companies then the passenger traffic would double up further.

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Air Asia CEO reply to my Friend on Linkedin

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Source: FB

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Originally Posted by meetmus2fa

Air Asia CEO reply to my Friend on Linkedin

Salute to Linesh shah and you to Mr. Mustafa

we all need to stand up, have an awareness, and to protest if necessary, to put our city on the world map-

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AirAsia India team to visit city next month

Surat: Budget carrier AirAsia India, which is planning an aggressive expansion in India, is looking at Surat as one of its preferred destinations.

At high-level team of the airline's officials will be visiting the city for three days starting June 2 to conduct a survey, said Paresh Patel, present of South Gujarat Chamber of commerce and Industries (SGCCI).

AirAsia is a joint venture between Asia's largest low-cost airline AirAsia Bhd of Malaysia, Tata Sons Ltd and Arun Bhatia of Telestra Tradeplace Pvt Ltd.

Surat has a huge 413 acre airport with facility to park about eight aircrafts. It could be enhanced to 50 by creating hangers and making it a cargo hub. Airport Authority of India (AAI) had earlier planned to develop the airport as cargo hub and parking space. However, these plans have remained only on paper. "

We foresee a good future of Surat airport and it could be developed into a major cargo and parking hub for national and international aircrafts with few modifications," said a senior official of AirAsia India on the condition of anonymity.

SGhad made representations to the airline to provide air connectivity to and from Surat. A private citizens group "We want working airport at Surat" have also been campaigning for more flights from Surat on the networking sites.

In their reply, officials of the airline have said that Surat is on their radar for future planning.

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AirAsia India says Surat within its Radar, airport potential cargo hub

NEW DELHI, May 27 (Bernama) Budget carrier AirAsia India, which is planning an aggressive expansion in India, is looking at Surat in Gujarat as one of its preferred destinations in the country as it has the potential to emerge as a cargo hub.

A high-powered team, comprising airline officials, will visit the city for three days beginning June 2 to conduct a survey, reported Times of India quoting South Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industries (SGCCI)'s President Paresh Patel.

AirAsia is a joint venture between Asia's largest frills-free low-cost airline, AirAsia Bhd of Malaysia, Tata Sons Ltd and Arun Bhatia of Telestra Tradeplace Pvt Ltd.

Surat has a massive 167 hectare airport with facilities to park about eight aircraft. It could be enhanced to 50 by creating hangers and making it a cargo hub, said the English Daily.

Airport Authority of India had earlier planned to develop the airport as a cargo hub and parking space.

However, the plans only remained on paper, said the report. "We foresee a good future for Surat airport and it could be developed into a major cargo and parking hub for national and international aircraft with few modifications," said a senior AirAsia India official.

SGCCI had made representations to the airline to provide air connectivity to and from Surat.

A private citizens group, demanding for a working airport in Surat, have also been campaigning for more flights from Surat on the networking sites. In their reply, officials of the airline have said that Surat is on their radar for future planning. - BERNAMA

source: http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story...8&sec=business

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After ATM....Coffe Culture opens @ STV.....Thanks to Airport Director Dr SD Sharma







Our FB Froup We Want working airport @ Surat Celebrating birthday of Spicejet Station Manager



This is a rare sight where an Airport Director and Airline Manager exchange courtesies over cake.



Member of FB group We want working airport at Surat with Spicejet Station manager Harin & Airport Director Dr Sharma @ Coffe Culture Surat Airport



CC - Manoj Singapuri

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Campaign to attract international airlines to Surat begins
SURAT: Members of 'We want a working airport at Surat' (WWWAS) have started a petition signing campaign to sensitize domestic and international airlines about the potential of air travellers in south Gujarat if Surat airport was connected to national and global destinations.

The petition, which has been filed on change.org by the WWWAS members, states that there are numerous NRIs in and around Surat, who are eagerly awaiting better connectivity of the city with domestic and international cities. Such flights would be very popular with thousands of south Gujarat residents now living abroad, it says.

Gaurang Mehta, a Surti NRG businessman living in San Francisco in the United States and a member of WWWAS, said, "Imagine landing in Mumbai or Ahmedabad in the middle of the night and then waiting several hours to catch a train or taxi to get to Surat. If there were international flights landing in Surat or flights that connected Mumbai or Ahmedabad with Surat, they would have reduced the amount of hassle to a large extent to international travellers."

He added, "Currently, the travel adds about 10 hours to the overall journey. If there were direct flights or connecting flights, this would cut down the travel time by 4 hours."

Linesh Shah, a WWWAS member, said, "Hundreds of frequent travellers in and around Surat have signed the petition in the past two months. We are sending the petition to the leading domestic and international airlines about the potential of air traffic from Surat airport."

At present, only Spice Jet and Air India operate flights from Surat airport connecting the city to New Delhi and Mumbai.

EH Pathan, another WWWAS member, said, "It is our firm belief that the petition signing campaign would work wonders in attracting leading domestic and international airlines to Surat. We have been approaching travellers from across south Gujarat and those settled abroad."

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હવે ટૂંકમાં સુરત એરપોર્ટ પર શોપિંગની મજા માણી શકાશે


સુરત, તા.૧૦
સુરત એરપોર્ટ પર શરૂ થયેલી કોફીશોપ બાદ ઓથોરિટીએ લોકોને શોપિંગની સુવિધા મળી રહે તે માટે સુરત એરપોર્ટ પર ગારમેન્ટ અને જ્વેલરી શોપ બનાવવાની દિશામાં કાર્યવાહી શરૂ કરી છે.

ગારમેન્ટ અને જ્વેલરી શોપ માટે ઓથોરિટીએ ટેન્ડર બહાર પાડયાં
જાણકારો પ્રમાણે, એરપોર્ટ ઓથોરિટી દ્વારા સુરત એરપોર્ટનું તબક્કાવાર વિસ્તરણ કરવામાં આવી રહ્યું છે. જેના ભાગરૂપે એરોબ્રિજ નિર્માણ તથા અન્ય કામગીરી શરૂ કરાઇ છે. ઉપરાંત સુરત એરપોર્ટ પર કોફીશોપ, રેસ્ટોરાં, શોપિંગ શોપ્સ, એટીએમ ઇન્સ્ટોલેશન સહિતની કામગીરી શરૂ કરવાનું કામ એજન્ડા પર લેવાયું છે. આ કામગીરી અન્વયે સુરત એરપોર્ટ ર્ટિમનલ બિલ્ડિંગમાં કોફીશોપ શરૂ કરી દેવામાં આવી છે. ઉપરાંત એટીએમ પણ કાર્યરત કરી દેવાયું છે. જ્યારે, હવે શોપિંગ સુવિધા વિકસાવવા માટે દુકાનો શરૂ કરવાની કામગીરી હાથ ધરવામાં આવી છે. જે માટે એરપોર્ટ ઓથોરિટી ઓફ ઇન્ડિયા દ્વારા સુરત એરપોર્ટ પર જ્વેલરી તથા ગારમેન્ટ શોપ શરૂ કરવા માટે ટેન્ડર ઇન્વાઇટ કરવામાં આવ્યા છે.

જે કામગીરી સફળતાપૂર્વક પાર પડશે તો, સુરત એરપોર્ટ પર નજીકના ભવિષ્યમાં શોપિંગ માટે વિવિધ દુકાનો શરૂ થશે. જ્યાં મુસાફરો તથા તેમની સાથે આવનારાઓ ખરીદીની મજા માણી શકશે. ઓથોરિટી દ્વારા આ ઉપરાંત એરપોર્ટ પર ટી વેન્ડિંગ મશીન પણ ગોઠવવામાં આવનાર છે. જે અંગેની પણ કામગીરી હાથ ધરવામાં આવી છે.


એરોબ્રિજ ડિસેમ્બર-૧૩ સુધીમાં કાર્યરત કરવાની યોજના

સુરત એરપોર્ટ પર અન્ય ઘણા મહત્ત્વાકાંક્ષી પ્રોજેક્ટ હાથ ધરવામાં આવ્યા છે. જેમાં વર્તમાન રન-વેની સમાંતર પેરેલેલ રન-વે વિકસાવવાનું તથા ૪૦ એરક્રાફટના પાર્કિંગ માટે પાર્કિંગ હેંગર બનાવવાનું આયોજન છે. જેની સાથે સુરત એરપોર્ટ પર બે એરોબ્રિજ બનાવવાની કામગીરી શરૂ કરવામાં આવી છે. જે કામગીરી ડિસેમ્બર ૨૦૧૩ના અંત સુધીમાં કાર્યરત થવાનો અંદાજ છે. જે કાર્યરત થતા એરપોર્ટ ર્ટિમનલ બિલ્ડિંગનો પ્રથમ માળ પણ ઉપયોગમાં આવી જશે. જેને લઇને અન્ય સુવિધા શરૂ કરવાનો માર્ગ મોકળો થશે.

Source: http://www.sandesh.com/article.aspx?newsid=175591

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Translation in Brief

Soon Airport will Have Garment Shop,Pearl Jewelery Shop & Tea vending machine....Tenders for the same is already floated.

2 Aero bridges will be operational by December 2013 & work for the same is under progress.

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Surat looks forward to better air connectivity
Surat: The move by the union civil aviation ministry to do away with airport and navigational charges for the airlines in tier II and tier III cities has opened up new vistas for Surat airport. The move is a bid to encourage air connectivity in such cities.

Frequent flyers and members of the We Want a Working Airport at Surat (WWWAS) believe that the move would attract airline companies to start operations from Surat airport and there would be more players willing to connect Surat with other places.

Civil aviation minister Ajit Singh had recently said, "We are planning to stop charging from airlines connecting small towns. Fees like airport charges, navigational charges and other such costs-which are nine per cent of the total cost of any airliner-will be waived off and Airports Authority of India (AAI) will bear it."

At present, Southern Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SGis in talks with IndiGo and AirAsia for connecting Surat with domestic and international destinations. Both the companies have expressed their willingness to start operations from Surat.

Kamlesh Yagnik, president of SGCCI told TOI, "It is certainly a positive decision by the civil aviation ministry to encourage air connectivity in the small towns. Surat is going to be benefited in a big way." He said that AirAsia and IndiGo have been looking to expand their operations to Surat. Now, the waiver would be an added advantage.

At present, SpiceJet and Air India have been providing air connectivity to Mumbai, New Delhi, Bangalore and some destinations from Surat.

Linesh Shah of WWWAS said, "We are expecting leading airline companies like Jet Airways, IndiGo, AirAsia etc. to expand their network to Surat after the waiver being offered by the civil aviation ministry."

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nw this shuld b quite sme effort frm AAI & the other airlines shuld strt thnkn abt it & respond fast! (its really a huge relief not that much though) ... i reelly really hope that somethn come up aftr this cuz SURAT is in need for better to best air connectivity... & hope that indigo & air aisa joins us (with Jet airways also)

[harshdhru_12]

coffe culture

How will these coffee culture gonna make business if only 2-3 flights are coming and assuming at least half of the passengers and workers gonna buy something? If it is private than even worst. I heard more shops -stole kinda stuff coming to airport.

just my opinion, I feel like than we are going to have some more flights.
if you look in terms of business; It gat to be between at least 3-5 flights. I think, we should have at least daily direct flight to kolkata, chennai, hyd, b'lore, amd, and might be goa and jaipur.