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“Once this is done, the new aircrafts would be deployed to connect Nashik with other cities,” he said.He also urged businessmen from the city to help increase the occupancy of the Nashik-Delhi flights from present 70% to 90%. Simultaneously, he instructed his officials to map out seasonal flights that can be operated from Nashik.NIMA president Harishankar Banerjee said, “The demand will increase once the winter season begins. The occupancy will rise if the frequency is increased. Also, if there are morning-evening flights, the occupancy will go up.”Earlier, Piyush Somani of the association gave presentation on air service potentials of Nashik and also informed about the recent survey conducted by the industries.Mumbai-Manchester flight from NovemberJet Airways is likely to start its new Manchester-Mumbai direct flight from November. We are also open to explore a morning-evening flight on this route,” he said, adding “Initially, we are planning to connect Nashik with Indore, Kolkata and Bengaluru under non-RCS category.”He said the airline is in the process of acquiring two aircrafts..