Indore-Gondia-Hyderabad flights start

With this, 409 routes would be operationalized under the UDAN-RCS scheme

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A daily flight on the Indore-Gondia-Hyderabad route under RCS-UDAN scheme was flagged-off recently. Fly Big was awarded the route under the UDAN RCS-4.0 bidding process. With this, 409 routes would be operationalized under the UDAN-RCS scheme.

The inaugural event was graced by Union Minister of Civil Aviation, Jyotiraditya M. Scindia, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Chief Minister, Madhya Pradesh (virtually), Sumitra Mahajan, Former Speaker, Lok Sabha, Shankar Lalwani, Member of Parliament, Indore, Usha Padhee, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation and many other dignitaries.

Speaking on the occasion, Jyotiraditya M. Scindia said that the UDAN scheme was fulfilling the Prime Minister’s dream of providing air services to the common man. Under UDAN, 405 routes have already been made operational. The Indore-Gondia-Hyderabad route will connect Indore with two states: Maharashtra and Telangana.

With these new flights under UDAN, common people will get multiple options to travel between these places which will boost the tourism potential and increase the economic activity of this region

In the last one year, the aircraft operation from Indore has doubled while in Bhopal it has increased by 40 per cent. Scindia said that 100 new airports would be built in Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities, which will give a further boost to last mile connectivity. He said that the central government was going to start the Small Aircraft Scheme, which will further strengthen connectivity in tier 2 and 3 cities.

The airline will operate a daily flight and will deploy ATR 72, 78-seater turbo prop aircraft designed for shorter distance flights on the route. With this, Gondia will become the 14th UDAN destination and Fly Big will be the first airline to connect Gondia with a scheduled commercial flight to other metro cities. This is also the first flight route for Gondia as prior to this it was not connected with any airports in India.

Birsi airport in Gondia was established as a domestic airport which is owned and operated by Airports Authority of India (AAI) and it is located at Birsi Village, 12 km northeast of Gondia, Maharashtra. MoCA has invested Rs 21 crore in the airport for re-carpeting of runway, procurement of Aircraft Crash Fire Tenders (ACFTs) and other equipment to operationalise the airport.

With the new flight route, people of Gondia and its adjoining areas will get direct air connectivity between Indore, Gondia and Hyderabad which will facilitate seamless movement of passengers between Indore, Gondia, Hyderabad and vice-versa under UDAN. With these new flights under UDAN, common people will get multiple options to travel between these places which will boost the tourism potential and increase the economic activity of this region.

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