Finally, Delhi’s wait for a second airport is over as Hindon Airport will begin operations on Friday. Heritage Aviation company will operate a nine-seater aircraft as the first flight from Hindon Airport.
The first flight from Hindon Airpot will take off for the Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.
Rohit Mathur, The CEO of Heritage Aviation Private Limited, said after the first flight to Pithoragarh, the company plans to launch flights for Dehradun, Hubli, Shimla, and other popular tourist destinations.
District Collector Ajay Shankar Pandey told ANI that all arrangements have been made for the security of Hindon Airport. He further added that 55 policemen who have received special training have been deployed at the airport to ensure that there is no inconvenience to passengers on the first flight from the airport.
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— Hindon Airport (@HindonAirport) October 11, 2019
Hindon Airport, located close to Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad, will help reduce load at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport. Located 40 kilometers from the IGI airport, it belongs to the Indian Air Force (IAF), and the Airport Authority of India (AAI) has built a civil enclave inside it.
The IAF permitted the use of the airbase for civilian flights under the UDAN Scheme (Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik) and seeks to connect unserved and underserved airports, making flying more affordable.
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