Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia informed that flights from Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata will soon operate for Kushinagar International Airport in Uttar Pradesh. Scindia said that from November 26, Delhi-Kushinagar flights will be operated four times a week. In addition, there will be flights connecting Mumbai and Kolkata soon.
SpiceJet said the Delhi-Kushinagar-Delhi will operate four times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. This service will start from November 26.
The budget airline said it will connect Kushinagar with two more major metros – Mumbai and Kolkata – from December 18.
Scindia further said that the Center is planning to set up 17 more airports soon. He said that this is the ninth airport in Uttar Pradesh and the government has plans to set up 17 more in the state in the near future.
He said, “In the first 70 years of India’s independence, there were only 74 airports in the country. Under the guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the government has successfully inaugurated 54 airports in the last seven years of his rule in the country.”
He said that till date 128 airports have been established in the country.
Kushinagar International Airport is built at an estimated cost of ₹260 crores. It will facilitate domestic and international pilgrims to visit the Mahaparinirvana site of Lord Buddha and is an effort to connect Buddhist pilgrimage sites across the world.
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