Hindon Civil Airport Sees First Flight

The first commercial flight to the Hindon Civil Airport took off today, sealing Delhi's wait for a second airport. A private aircraft with nine passengers on board took off from Pithoragarh's Naini-Saini airport in Uttarakhand at 11.30 am.

The first flight from Hindon was operated by Heritage Aviation company.

The price for one seat in the aircraft has been kept at ₹2,500.

The flight connectivity from Hindon airport to Hubballi Airport will begin from November 6.

Hindon Airport director Shobha Bhardwaj: Flight connectivity from Hindon airport (Ghaziabad) to Hubballi Airport (K'taka) to begin from 6th Nov.
1st commercial flight, by a pvt airline Air Heritage, from Hindon civil airport will take off on Oct 11, for Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh pic.twitter.com/KKhlTK3V3J

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After the first flight to Pithoragarh, Hindon Airport will cater to Dehradun, Hubli, Shimla, Faizabad, Gulbarga, Nasik, and Coonoor, among other popular destinations.

Hindon airbase is the oldest airbase in the country.

Rohit Mathur, Air Heritage CEO: A 9-seater plane will take off from Pithoragarh to Hindon at 11:30 am, and it will leave for Pithoragarh from Hindon at 1 pm. Thursday will be an off day. After Pithoragarh, we are also trying to start operations on Shimla route. (09.10) . https://t.co/q3Hp0Un6Zp pic.twitter.com/HErWwTHZHi

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Hindon airport, which is around 40 km from the IGI Airport in Delhi, belongs to the Indian Air Force (IAF) and the AAI has developed a civil enclave inside it. The Indian Air Force permitted the use of the airbase for civilian flights under regional air connectivity scheme UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik). UDAN seeks to connect unserved and underserved airports as well as make flying more affordable.