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Sharjah, May 26: It was expected and being hailed as the first-ever international flight to Mangalore airport, promoted by APA Air System FZC, a UAE-based company. It was scheduled to take off in the early hours of Friday, May 26. But because of certain requirements in formalities at the Sharjah International Airport, it was rescheduled to Friday evening.
Sharjah International Airport
Still, because of the Thursday and Friday weekend in the takeoff country, formalities could not complete, the flight could not take off yet.
"We are happy that, all the signals at Mangalore airport are clear, it is just a matter of day or two to finalize the formality at Sharjah airport," said the spokesperson to AP Air to Daijiworld.com
"We never expected this hurdle earlier, as we are flying to a new international airport. We regret the inconvenience caused, but as soon as we obtain the permission here, we will take off," he said.
The people of coastal region of Karnataka and part of Kerala will heave a long sigh of relief as soon as the first flight lands at Mangalore.
What is satisfying is that hurdles at Mangalore airport are cleared as per now. As AP Air says, it could be a matter of day or two to start their mission.
Mangalore Airport sources said that the inadequacies of customs and immigration matters have been taken care of. Canara Bank would open a counter for foreign exchange, said the sources.
Daijiworld.com is in regular touch with Mangalore Airport authorities and AP Air officials and will keep its readers updated on regular basis until the flight lands at Mangalore
Also, Air India express, though regretful about the delay in its operation, promised to come back soon with a definite date, timing and fare.
As our readers may be aware, there were three different date announcements made to the press earlier for the take-off of the first-ever international passenger flight to Mangalore.
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