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    Delhi's second airport in Hindon to operate first flight from tomorrow

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    A nine-seater plane operated by private airline Air Heritage will take off to Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh district from Hindon civil airport at 1 pm tomorrow.

    ET Online
    Seven months after inauguration, Hindon airport, adjacent to the IAF's Hindon airbase, will operate its first commercial flight tomorrow. A nine-seater plane operated by private airline Air Heritage will take off to Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh district from Hindon Civil Airport at 1 pm tomorrow.

    According to the airline's website, the journey time between Hindon and Pithoragarh will be 60 minutes and the flights will operate on 6 days during the week except Thursdays. The return flights from Pithoragarh have been scheduled at 11:30 am.

    After the successful launch of inaugural flights, the airline plans to launch flights to other destinations like Shimla and Dehradun.

    The CEO of Heritage Aviation, Rohit Mathur told ANI that after the first flight to Pithoragarh the company plans to launch flights to Dehradun, Hubli, Shimla and other popular tourist destinations.


    "A 9-seater aircraft will take the first flight to Pithoragarh from the Hindon airport on October 11. The fare for the flight has been kept at Rs 2,500. After this, we are planning to launch flights for Dehradun, Hubli, Shimla, Faizabad, Gulbarga, Nasik and Coonoor among other popular destinations," Mathur told ANI.

    The Hindon civil airport was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 8, but there was no flight operation from the airport since then.

    The starting of flight service from Hindon is likely to greatly reduce the burden on the New Delhi airport and will also enable passengers from the western Uttar Pradesh region to save time.

    (Inputs from PTI & ANI)


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