Describe the air transport in India. What are the advantages of airways ?
In India, air transport was nationalised in 1953. Domestic air services : These services are provided by Indian Airlines, Alliance Air, private scheduled airlines and non-scheduled air operators. International air services : These are provided by Air India. Helicopter services : These services are provided by Pawanhans Helicopters Ltd. to Oil and Natural Gas Commission in its off-shore operations, to inaccessible areas and difficult areas like north-eastern states and the interior parts of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Neighbouring countries : Indian Airlines provides services to the neighbouring countries of South and south-east Asia and the Middle east. (2) The advantages of airways are as given below : It is the fastest and most comfortable mode of transport. One can reach his destination at far away places within a short period. It can cover very difficult areas like high mountains, dreary deserts, dense forests and long oceanic stretches easily. It is very useful in hostile areas and natural and human-made calamities like floods, famines and earthquakes.
