Union Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu has launched new flight routes from Hindon Airport in Ghaziabad, to be operated by IndiGo.
After Air India Specific, IndiGo turns into the second airline to mark its presence in Hindon Airport. 4 months in the past, Air India Specific began its operations right here.
Hindon Airport in NCR will now be linked with 9 Indian cities — Bengaluru, Kolkata, Varanasi, Goa, Patna, Chennai, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, and Indore by IndiGo providers.
“That is an (Udan) success of, Hindon, Ghaziabad, western Uttar Pradesh, and whole nation. That is an Udan of the ambitions and aspirations of frequent Indians,” the Union minister stated from the Hindon Airport.
Airways fleet, airports, terminal capability, and flyers have doubled in India over the previous decade, the minister stated, reflecting the expansion India’s civil aviation sector has made.
“Throughout 2024-2034, civil aviation in tier II and III cities will develop and we should unlock the potential. Hindon will serve for example,” the minister stated.
With operations from each Indira Gandhi Worldwide Airport (DEL) and Hindon Airport (HDO), flyers primarily based out of the Nationwide Capital Area can be served by these two airports.
The Hindon Airport’s growth work was taken up in 2019 underneath UDAN at Rs 50 crore, in collaboration with Indian Air Pressure, Minister Naidu stated in his handle immediately.
Minister, throughout his speech, stated the annual flyers from Hindon Airport was about 8,000 in 2019, which has risen to upwards of 80,000 now.
Union Funds 2025-26 has put a further thrust on the ever-growing home civil aviation sector.
Impressed by the success of the earlier regional connectivity scheme, a modified UDAN scheme can be launched to reinforce regional connectivity to 120 new locations and carry 4 crore passengers within the subsequent 10 years.
The UDAN scheme, launched in April 2017, focuses on bettering unserved air routes in underserved areas. India’s aviation trade has skilled important development up to now decade, and the variety of operational airports within the nation has since doubled.
The federal government goals to make India a worldwide aviation hub by 2030.
