Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia Flags-off Direct flight between Bhopal and Chennai
GG News Bureau
Bhopal, 30th March. The Minister of Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya M. Scindia and Minister of State for Civil Aviation (Gen)Dr V.K Singh (Retd) on Tuesday inaugurated the direct flight between Bhopal and Chennai by Indigo.
The airline will be deploying its A320, a 150-seater twin turbofan engine passenger aircraft and is primarily used on Domestic routes.
With this new flight launch, the total number of departures from Bhopal on average will be10 daily flights with 44 daily departure flights from the state of Madhya Pradesh.
Speaking on the occasion, Jyotiraditya M. Scindia said, “It is a fortunate day for me that the heart of India (Bhopal)is being connected to the centre of development, business, progress as well as religious emotions (Chennai).”
From July 2021, Bhopal which was previously connected with 5 cities, is now connected with 10 cities – Bengaluru, Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Pune, Prayagraj, Agra, Ahmedabad, Raipur and Chennai. There is also an increase in weekly flights from Bhopal from 94 to 216 flights, an increase of 150%,” he added.
“A new Flying Training School (FTO) in Khajuraho will be inaugurated and recently Khajuraho was connected with Delhi. In Bhopal, the tender process for an MRO has been awarded and work will start on it. In Indore, an international cargo facility is already operationalized, and a domestic cargo facility will be constructed by the year end.”
He said, “we are also discussing with the state government about how to expand Indore Airport on the basis of a greenfield airport. In Gwalior, both the ministry and state government are working to establish a new airport. 5 drone schools in Gwalior, Satna, Jabalpur, Indore, Bhopal were sanctioned by the ministry.”
Dr VK Singh said “In the recent times, Madhya Pradesh has seen many flights under various schemes to and from various places, especially connecting the main cities to various parts of the country.”
“I would like to congratulate Indigo and all our officials in the Ministry of Civil Aviation and State Governments of Tamil Nadu and Madhya Pradesh who were involved in this particular venture. This is a splendid thing and I hope that you (Indigo) will also connect Bhopal and Indore with Hindon so that people of Western UP can easily travel to Madhya Pradesh.”
The people of Bhopal and its adjoining areas will be benefitted by getting a direct air connectivity to Chennai which will facilitate seamless movement of passengers between Bhopal and Chennai and vice-versa.
This new route will not only enhance regional connectivity but will also promote trade, commerce, and tourism between these cities.
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