Obviously a good reason to smile for Delhi-NCR flyers as after a long wait Delhi has finally got its second airport in Hndon. Hindol airport is all set for the first commercial flight from tomorrow, 11th October.
The first flight from Hindon will be by Heritage Aviation company’s nine-seater plane which will take off for Uttarakhand’s Pithoragarh district. It will depart Hindon at 4.10pm and arrive in Hubballi by 6.50pm.
In a bid to reduce the load at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport, Hindon air force base’s civil terminal will serve as the ‘second’ airport. The air force station is located close to Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh.
As said by CEO of Heritage Aviation Private Ltd, Rohit Mathur, the fare for the flight has been kept at Rs 2,500. Heritage Aviation is planning to launch flights for Dehradun, Hubli, Shimla, Faizabad, Gulbarga, Nasik and Coonoor among other popular tourist destinations subsequently.
On 8th March this year,PM Modi inaugurated the Hindon civil airport, but there was no flight operation from the airport since then.The airport was built at a cost of around Rs 40 crore and can handle 300 passengers during peak hours. The airport is located around 40 kilometres from the Delhi IGI Airport.
