Mangalore, July 4: MP Nalin Kumar Kateel was urged to restore direct flight from Mangalore to Kuwait by a delegation from United Associations of Karnataka Kuwait (UAKK), and Konkan Overseas Returnees Welfare Association (KORWA) on July 03, 2014.
The delegation met the MP at his office in Mangalore and requested his intervention with aviation ministry of India with regard to the restoration of direct flights. He mentioned that more than 1,30,000 Kuwait bound passengers from Mangalore, coastal Karnataka and Northern parts of Kerala are put to hardships and their flying time now has been extended from 4 to 12 hours since Air India Express closed their flight services to Kuwait – Mangalore sector from February 15 this year.
The delegation included KORWA President Louis Lobo, Vice President Elias Sanctis, UAKK chief coordinator Hasan Yusuf, Archie Menezes, S.M. Farooq KKMA Co coordinator, Jessie Pinto, David D Souza, John Tauro , Gretta Gomes, Dev Kumar and others.