Last Updated: April 12, 2023, 10:22 IST
Hindon Airport is predicated 35 km away from Delhi in Ghaziabad (Photo: Wikipedia)
Once the Hindon-Ludhiana flight begins, Big Charters is planning to begin operations on the Bathinda-Hindon route inside three weeks
The anticipate direct flight connectivity between New Delhi and Ludhiana is about to get longer. The non-public airline which has been allotted the Hindon-Ludhiana-Hindon route is probably going to begin operations in May. The flight service was earlier anticipated to begin from April 1.
Hindon airport is positioned in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad, round 35 km from Delhi. This route was awarded to the non-public airline Big Charters below the federal government’s bold UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) plan which plans to make air journey obtainable to a wider inhabitants.
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Big Charters will function flights to each Ludhiana and Bathinda from Hindon. Once the Hindon-Ludhiana flight begins, the airline is planning to begin operations on the Bathinda-Hindon route inside three weeks.
Captain C S Randhawa, the chief vice-president of Big Charters, spoke to Times of India in regards to the plan to join Ghaziabad (learn Delhi) and Ludhiana. He mentioned that Big Charters is but to get permission from the Ministry of Defence to function a flight from the Hindon airport. A inexperienced sign from the defence ministry is a should as a result of Hindon is an airfield.
“We had been anticipated to begin operations after getting the mandatory approval on April 15, however now we really feel that operations is not going to start on April 28. But I’m 100% certain that we’ll begin flights in May, however I want to test date,” Randhawa said.
Hindon airport is the second commercial airport in Delhi NCR after IGI Airport and primarily handles domestic flights operating under the Government’s Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS). Big Charters officials have already visited Ludhiana’s Sahnewal airport and checked the ticketing counter, backup office and the ramp area.
Earlier, the flight between Delhi and Ludhiana was operated by Alliance Air. However, the Airline discontinued operations on this route on August 31, 2020.
Before the Covid-19 pandemic impacted flight operations, the response to the Alliance Air flight was very good and occupancy was mostly near 80 percent, according to reports. Having another airport close to Delhi will certainly make travel to Punjab easy for people.
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