Nearly half a million passengers have availed of the Modi government’s regional air connectivity scheme — Udan — since its launch of flight operation on November 8 last year from Darbhanga airport, data compiled by the Airport Authority of India revealed.
Despite the lack of adequate amenities, Darbhanga airport is getting busier. On Friday, the airport handled 2240 passengers onboard 14 flights. The total number of passengers travelled to and from Darbhanga airport to date since flight operation was launched here is 4,91,199. Likewise, as many as 3402 flights were operated since its launch with the inaugural flight on the Bengaluru-Darbhanga route.
Darbhanga airport is connected with Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Ahmadabad, Hyderabad, Kolkata sectors and has become the best performing RCS airport across the country. Low-cost carrier SpiceJet is the selected airline operator under the UDAN scheme. Later on, another popular airline, IndiGo, also started flight operations from here a couple of months ago.
