New Delhi: Minister of Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya M Scindia today inaugurated a direct flight from Hubli to Delhi, today. The flight will operate seven days a week.
IndiGo’s Flight 6E 5624 will depart from Delhi at 1000 hrs. and arrive in Hubli at 1245 hours and Flight 6E 5625 will depart from Hubli at 1315 hrs. and arrive in Delhi at 1545 hours.
Scindia said that Hubli airport works as a gateway for the residents of northern Karnataka and southern Maharashtra. The new terminal building has been developed, the ILS system installed, the runway is being further extended and the Hubli’s FTO will be operationalised from next year. The Minister also appreciated Hubli Airport’s performance with regard to the use of renewable energy.
The inauguration was attended among others, by Pralhad Venkatesh Joshi, Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and Mines and Coal, Ramesh Bidhuri, MP – Lok Sabha, Arvind Chandrakant Bellad, MLA Hubli-Dharwad-West, Jagadish Shettar, MLA Hubli-Dharwad-Central, Abbayya Prasad, MLA Hubli-Dharwad-East, Veeresh Anchatgeri, Mayor Hubli. In addition, R. K. Singh, IAS (R), Principal Advisor to Managing Director, IndiGo, and other dignitaries from the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Airport Authority o India, IndiGo, and local administration from Hubli were also present.
– global bihari bureau