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Helicopter
Services To Kedarnath :::
Pawan Hans is resuming daily helicopter
services from 12th May 2005, from
Agastya Muni (distt. Rudraprayag) to
Kedarnath. Flight will depart from
Agastya Muni daily between 6:30 am to
11:10 am, by a 5-seater Bell 407
helicopter. Agast Muni is located 17 km
beyond Rudraprayag enroute to Kedarnath.
Rudraprayag is about 140 km from
Rishikesh and is linked by good
motorable roads.
The service originates from the helipad
located at big play groung (near Police
Station) at Agast Muni. This is on the
left side of main Kedarnath road while
coming from Rudraprayag. The flying time
would be around 45 minutes for a round
trip (Agatst Muni-Kedarnath-Agatst
Muni). The first flight would start at
6:30 am and the last flight from Agast
Muni would be at 11:10 am.
Darshan Time For Devotees
Passengers would get 1 hr 30 minutes at
Kedarnath for darshan. The passenger who
would like to stay overnight can take
the last flight of the day around at
11:10 am from Agast Muni. Accomodation
is available at Kedarnath. Passengers
should book their own accomodation
directly at Kedarnath. PHHL would assist
them in this regard. Payment thereof
shall be made directly by them.
Air Fare and Darshan / Cancellation
Charges
Rs. 8,501/- per pax for the round trip (Agastya
Muni-Kedarnath-Agastya Muni), including
Rs 501/- for special darshan on priority
basis.
• Passengers can also purchase tickets
for one way i.e. Agast Muni-Kedarnath or
Kedarnath-Agast Muni, subject to
availability of seats. The fare for this
will be Rs. 5000/- and Rs. 4000/- for
Agast Muni-Kedarnth and Kedarnath-Agast
Muni sectors respectively with no
priority darshan.
• For infants less than 2 years, fare
will be 10% of the ticket cost and no
seats would be provided to the infants.
• There is no half ticket for children.
Children would be provided with seats.
• Tickets purchased directly from PHHL,
the cancellation charges for tickets
would be as under:
Cancellation time more than:
24 hours is 5%
12 hours is 25%
04 hours is 50%
Less than 4 hours is 100%.
• If the flight is cancelled /
rescheduled due to bad weather,
technical reasons, lack of pasenger load
or any other reasons, the passenger is
required to travel on his own. The
liability of the PHHL will be limited to
the refund of fare of unutilized sector.
KEDARNATH HELICOPTER SERVICE SCHEDULE
(5-seater)
Flights Agastya Muni
ETD Kedarnath
ETA/ETD Agastya Muni
ETA
1st 0630 0650/0655 0715
2nd 0810 0830/0835 0855
3rd 0940 1000/1005 1025
4th 1110 1130/1135 1155
Passengers can only carry one hand
baggage on helicopter flight. They are
required to abide by the security
requirements and not to carry prohibited
items in their baggage. At the helipad
there's enough space for parking of
vehicles. After coming back to Agast
Muni by helicopter, the devotees can
also reach Joshimath / Badrinath on the
same day by their own mode of transport
via Kund situated around 18 km, from
Agast Muni.
At Kedarnath, passengers would get
assistance from GMVN / PHHL, which would
guide them for priority darshan etc. As
Kedarnath is situated at high altitude,
few passengers may require Oxygen, which
is available at Kedarnath.
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