Altaf Hamid Rao.
Kashmir Airlines team visits Muzaffarabad Airport,
MIRPUR (AJK), (Parliament Times) : Azad Jammu Kashmir will soon be air-linked with rest of the world through launching of the region’s indigenous Kashmir Airlines service.
This was disclosed during visit of a Kashmir Airlines teams’ visit to the Muzaffarabad Airport, conducted by the MTBC on Friday, MTBC sources told this Correspondent here Friday evening.
The team of experts, under the direction of AJK prime minister Sardar Tanvir Ilyas Khan, conducted a detailed inspection of the airport to make it functional. Work on reactivation and restoration of flights at Muzaffarabad airport would start soon after the team submits its report to the Prime Minister.
In this regard, the AJK PM would also visit the Airport soon.
“Pertinently, the Kashmir Airline is an important project that would go a long way to promoting tourism in the region”, the sources said.
Meanwhile, a high level meeting was held under the chairmanship of Commissioner Muzaffarabad Division Sardar Adnan Khurshid Friday to plan the reactivation of Muzaffarabad Airport through resumption of the Aeroplan service.
The meeting was attended by Deputy Commissioner Tahir Mumtaz, Director MTBC Sardar Zartif Badshah and others.
Earlier, Director MTBC Sardar Zartif Badshah, DSP Mujtabi Agha, Electricity Department chief Raja Raees and others also inspected the airport site.