Pune infrastructure watch: Seven new flights announced, Kedar Jadhav starts cricket academy, and more

Seven new flights will commence operations from Pune airport from last week of March, improving the connectivity of the city which has suffered greatly owing to the restrictions brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic.

The new flights will connect Pune with Goa, Varanasi, Darbhanga, Durgapur, Gwalior, Jabalpur and Kochi.

At present, there are about 80 flight movements from Pune airport with slightly less than 10,000 passengers taking off or alighting at the airport, which is a civil enclave. On Wednesday, for instance, 78 flight movements happened from the airport with 3662 passengers arriving and 1843 passengers departing from the airport.