Pithoragarh-Hindon flight operations launched
GHAZIABAD/DEHRADUN: The first commercial flight from the Hindon civil airport adjacent to the Air Force’s Hindon airbase operated on Friday when a nine-seater plane took off for Uttarakhand’s Pithoragarh district.
The flight operations were launched by Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat at a brief ceremony held at the Hindon airport in the National Capital Region.
A Heritage Aviation aircraft with nine passengers on board took off from Naini-Saini airport in Pithoragarh to mark the start of flight operations between the hill town and the Hindon airport.
“Civil Air Terminal at Hindon Airport today witnessed the commencement of commercial flight operations. Air Heritage’s flight 4H-104 from Pithoragarh to Hindon and 4H-105 from Hindon to Pithoragarh started operations today,” a statement issued by Airports Authority of India said.
