Flights from Darbhanga airport to begin in 1st week of November: Hardeep Singh Puri

Flights from Darbhanga airport, the construction of which is nearing completion, will begin in the first week of November before the Chhath Puja festival, said Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Saturday.

Puri on Saturday reviewed the under-construction airports in Darbhanga district of Bihar and Deoghar district of Jharkhand.

“The bookings for daily flights will start by end of September from Darbhanga to Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru,” Puri was quoted as saying in a statement by the Civil Aviation Ministry.

The minister said flight operations at the Darbhanga airport will begin in the first week of November, before Chhath Puja. He also said that most of the work at Darbhanga airport is almost complete.