New Delhi:
Hindon, which has become the second airport to function from the National Capital Region, will make a vault in a large league with Kolkata and initiation of daily flights from Kolkata. Currently small airlines work on small routes from Hindon. But Air India Express – A part of an Air India subsidiary and a part of the Tata Group – a spokesperson of the company said that the jet engine would be the first airline to work outside Hindon Airport with the airline.
Kolkata-Hindan flights will start from March 1. The flight will operate daily, while return flights will operate six days a week. There will be no flight on Saturday.
Flights will be closed from Kolkata at 7.10 am and will reach Hindon at 9.30 am. Return flights will leave Hindon at 5.20 pm and reach the eastern metropolis at 7.40 pm.
With this expansion, Air India Express will work with two airports in the National Capital Region (NCR) – Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi and Hindon Airport in Ghaziabad, spokesperson.
The civil terminal in Hindon was initially opened to accommodate the government’s regional connectivity scheme. But no one was going to take and the airport had to be closed for about eight months.
Air traffic control in Hindon is being provided by the Indian Air Force. Its civil enclave was developed and managed by AAI, which also fulfills VIPs and non-infused flights.
The airport is expected to provide a convenient option for passengers from East and Central Delhi, Noida and Ghaziabad.
Apart from Kolkata, the airline also planned to connect Goa and Bengaluru with Hindon with six daily flights from each city.
The Kolkata-Hindan flights were expected to start from August last year, but were postponed.
The spokesperson said, “We connect 14 direct sites from Kolkata including Hindon. Some of the major destinations are Bagdogra, Bengaluru, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Guwahati and Hyderabad.”
(With PTI input)
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