Hindon airport in Delhi-NCR to begin first commercial operations from tomorrow
New Delhi, Oct 10: Hindon airport (VIDX) in Ghaziabad will begin first commercial flight from Friday when a nine-seater plane will take off for Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh district.
According to sources, flight operations will start for Shimla from the Hindon civil airport in November. District Magistrate Ajay Shanker Pandey took stock of the arrangements and instructed police to set up a check post.
He instructed the chief engineer of electricity department to ensure uninterrupted power supply at terminal.
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Under the Civil Aviation Ministry's regional air connectivity scheme -- UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) -- many airline operators including IndiGo have bagged routes connecting from Hindon. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 8 had inaugurated the new civil enclave at Hindon airport from where commercial flights would be operated. The civil enclave, which cost around Rs 40 crore, can handle up to 300 passengers during peak hours.
The airport infrastructure was developed by the AAI while the approach road has been built by the Uttar Pradesh government. The operations were expected to begin from March 15. However, discussions with the Indian Air Force regarding slots took a long time.
Fly
at
affordable
fares
to
these
cities:
Once
the
operations
begin,
flyers
will
be
able
to
travel
to
tier-3
cities
across
India
such
as
Pithoragarh
in
Uttarakhand,
Nasik
in
Maharashtra,
Hubli
in
Karnataka,
Kannur
in
Kerala,
Faizabad
in
Uttar
Pradesh,
Kalaburgi
(Gulbarga)
in
Karnataka,
Jamnagar
in
Gujarat,
and
Shimla
in
Himachal
Pradesh.
Earlier,
several
airlines
like
Heritage
Aviation,
Ghodawat
Airlines,
IndiGo
Airlines,
and
TurboAirlines
bagged
routes
connecting
from
Hindon.