New Delhi: Minister of Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya M. Scindia and Minister of State for Civil Aviation General(Retd) V.K Singh today inaugurated the direct flights between Lucknow and Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, and Goa by Air Asia today.
Speaking at the launch of new flight routes, Scindia said, “It is a historic event that an airline has connected a city with 8 connecting flights to 5 cities in India…Lucknow is now connected to Delhi with 3 flights, Bengaluru with 2 flights, Mumbai with 1 flight, Kolkata with 1 flight and Goa with 1 flight in a day.”
The flight between Lucknow and Delhi, Bengaluru, and Goa will commence effectively from today and between Lucknow and Mumbai and Kolkata from September 1, 2022. These new connections will further strengthen connectivity between Lucknow and key cities in the country and will facilitate enhanced connectivity and promote tourism, trade, and commerce in the region, the Civil Aviation Ministry stated.
The Minister also announced that his ministry had decided to increase the air routes to Uttar Pradesh from the allotted 63 to 108 under UDAN. “We have also marked 18 airports in Uttar Pradesh under the UDAN scheme which will require an investment of INR 1,121 crore for infrastructure development. Uttar Pradesh will have 5 international airports which itself is a landmark in the country,” he added. He also stated that the Ministry was constructing airports at Chitrakoot, Muradabad, Aligarh, Azamgarh and Shravasti apart from Jewar and Ayodhya.
Air Asia (India) Private Limited is a subsidiary of Tata Sons Private Limited and commenced its operations in India on June 12, 2014, and flies over 50 direct and 100 connecting routes across India at 18 destinations.
Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath was the guest of honour present at Lucknow Airport. The inauguration was also graced by Rajiv Bansal, Secretary MoCA, Usha Padhee, Joint Secretary, MoCA, Durga Shankar Mishra, Chief Secretary, Government of Uttar Pradesh, S.P Goyal, Additional Chief Secretary to CM, Government of Uttar Pradesh, Sunil Bhaskaran, Air Asia CEO & MD among others.
– global bihari bureau
