Alliance Air said it has commenced flight services to Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport from Keshod in the Junagadh district of Gujarat under the Centre’s regional connectivity scheme UDAN. The airline will operate thrice a week flights on Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday and deploy its seven-seater ATR 72-600 aircraft. With this, Alliance Air becomes the first airline to connect Keshod to Mumbai under the UDAN scheme. Alliance Air is a government-owned carrier.
In a statement, the Ministry of Civil Aviation said that the inaugural flight on the new route was flagged off by Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia from Keshod Airport, which is near Asiatic Lion’s abode Gir.
