What are the advantages of airways?
Answer:
- Today, air travel is the fastest, most comfortable and the prestigious mode of transport.
- It can cover very difficult terrains like high mountains, dreary deserts, dense forests and also long oceanic stretches with great ease.
- In north-eastern part of India, there are big rivers, dissected relief, dense forests and frequent floods and international frontiers.
- In such situations, air transport is considered to be the best option. Government of India has made special provisions to make air travel pocket friendly to north-eastern states of India.