Hisar Airport Inaugurated Under RCS-UDAN
Chandigarh: First flight to the newly constructed Hisar airport in Haryana from Chandigarh was flagged off today under the Regional Connectivity Scheme – Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik (RCS-UDAN) of the Government. The flight was flagged off by Manohar Lal Khattar, Chief Minister, Haryana and this marked the operationalisation of 54th airport under the UDAN scheme.
To date, 307 routes and 54 airports including 5 heliports and 2 Water Aerodromes have been operationalized under the UDAN scheme.
Hisar is the administrative headquarters of the Hisar district of Hisar division in the state of Haryana. The place is India’s largest galvanized iron manufacturing city.
Belonging to the Government of Haryana, Hisar airport is a public licensed airport that is suitable for 18 seat type aircraft. The development of the Hisar airport was undertaken by the MoCA. Subsequently, the Government of India had sanctioned Rupees 28.60 crores for the development of the interim civil aviation operations. The land was handed over to the Airport Authority of India for the up-gradation and development of the Hisar airport. The upgrade included the construction of the new terminal building, hangars, strengthening of the runway, installation of night-flying equipment, ATC, security equipment, etc at the Hisar airport.
The airline Aviation Connectivity & Infrastructure Developers Pvt. Ltd (Air Taxi) was awarded the Hisar – Chandigarh – Hisar route under the UDAN 4 bidding process. The airline has become the first startup airline of the country to assist the nation with Air Taxi services. These UDAN flights will reduce the journey time between Hisar to Chandigarh from 4.50 hours to just 45 minutes journey at an affordable fare since financial incentives in the form of Viability Gap Funding (VGF) is being provided from the Centre, State governments and airport operators to selected airlines to encourage operations from unserved and underserved airports under the scheme.
– global bihari bureau
