New Delhi: Bookings for daily flights will begin in late September from Darbhanga to Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Saturday. After reviewing the preliminary work at Bihar’s Darbhanga airport, he reported that flight operations will begin in the first week of November, before the auspicious Chhath Puja festival. He further said that this is a blessing for 22 districts in northern Bihar.
Puri reviewed the progress and status of the Darbanga airport construction together with Gopal Jee Thakur, MP, Darbhanga, Ashok Yadav, MP, Madhubani, Pradeep Singh Kharola, Secretary, MoCA, Arvind Singh, AAI President and other officials.
Puri expressed satisfaction with the progress of the Darbhanga airport work and said that most of the work at the airport is almost complete. She added that the arrival and departure rooms, the check-in facility, the conveyor belt, etc. they have already been installed and the remaining work will be completed before the end of October. SpiceJet has already been awarded this route under RCS-UDAN.
Puri stressed that the Prime Minister’s vision of ‘Hawai chappal se hawai jahaz tak’ continues to transform lives. He said that while work on the ground is in full swing in Darbhanga, other processes are also underway. Spicejet’s flight calibration took place today while the Minister was at Darbhanga airport.
After reviewing the status of the Deoghar airport in Jharkhand, Puri said that work at the Deogarh airport is in an advanced stage and will be completed as scheduled. She had extensive discussions with MP beliefs Nishikant Dubey. Puri said the airport would be operational very soon. He added that the central government will make some key decisions in this regard next week.
In addition to providing aviation connectivity to the Santhal region, Deoghar Airport, which is strategically located to provide connectivity to Patna, Kolkata and Bagdogra, will also be able to serve people from the Bhagalpur and Jamui districts of Bihar.
Puri that this is one more step within the ambitious UDAN Scheme to provide air connectivity to the interior regions of the country under the motto ‘Sab Uden, Sab Juden’.
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