The city of Pune is located on the western side of the state of Maharashtra. It is the capital of the Pune district. The city has a population of about 4.5 million. It is located at about 150 km to the eastern side of Mumbai, which is the capital city of the Maharashtra state. Pune is located at a height of about 560 meters above the sea level. It is exactly located on the edge of the eastern side of the Western Ghats. Pune is called the Oxford of the east as it has many well established institutions for education. Automobile industry is well developed in the city of Pune. At present, the emergence of many IT and software companies has led to the overall development of the city. Though Marathi
Being the second largest city of the Maharashtra state Pune is well developed air, rail and road transport facilities. The air, road and rail routes are connected to the major destinations within the state and the country. The name of the Pune Airport is Lohegaon Air port. It is located in the north-eastern direction from the city of Pune. The regular and day to day operations of the airport are carried out by the Airport Authority of India.
The long runway is being shared with the air base of Lohegaon. The Air India authorities have started operating regular flights to Dubai from the Pune city. Flights to Singapore are being operated by Indian Airlines at regular intervals thus giving the Pune airport the status of an international air terminal. The domestic flights to/from Pune are operated by Jet Airways, Air Sahara and Indian Airlines. The domestic flights to/from Pune are connected to the important and major destinations of the country like Chennai, Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Hyderabad. Some of the flight carriers like Spice Jet and Air Deccan operate flights at regular intervals, at very economical rates, which proves to be extremely beneficial to some of the middle class passengers.
The airport in the city of Pune mainly serves as a base for the Indian Air Force. Hence friction arises frequently between the AAI and IAF regarding the landing and aircraft schedule at night. A plan for the construction of the new Green Field International Air Port for the metropolitan region is under progress. Certain formalities are yet to be fulfilled by the authorities.
Some aircraft's have been recently introduced for the domestic requirements with the country. King Fisher Airlines operate flights which connect Pune to certain major cities like Ahmadabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Coimbatore, Delhi, Kolkata and Hyderabad. Jagson Airlines operates flights at regular intervals to Shiridi. The flying time between the capital city of Maharashtra and Pune is less than 30 minutes.
Cab service has been organized efficiently in Pune with prepaid facilities. Auto rickshaws also ply frequently to and from the airport. Coach Services are operated to some of the important locations within the Pune City. But the bus services are the most economical means of transport to reach the air terminal.
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