New Delhi: The first direct flight between Delhi and the heritage city of Khajuraho was flagged-off by Union Minister of Civil Aviation, Jyotiraditya M. Scindia under the UDAN-RCS scheme, here today.
SpiceJet has been awarded the Delhi-Khajuraho-Delhi route under the RCS-UDAN 3.0 and the airline will be operating flights on 2 days of the week – Friday and Sunday and will deploy its Q400, 78-seater turboprop aircraft designed for shorter-distance flights on the route.
The flight schedule is as below:
The minister said 2 new FTO (Flight Training Organizations) will also come up in Khajuraho which will help in training commercial pilots.
Khajuraho is identified as one of the iconic destinations for MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conference/ Conventions and Exhibitions/ Events) by the Ministry of Tourism.
Khajuraho airport was established in the year 1978 with flight services to Delhi, Agra, Varanasi. MoCA has invested Rs 50 crore in Khajuraho airport and advance facilities were incorporated in the airport with the installation of an instrument landing system, a 1,20,000 square feet new terminal building, night landing facility, recarpeting of the runway and new ATC towers. The flight begins a couple of days before the start of the Khajuraho dance festival.
– global bihari bureau
