Aviation

Flight operations begin from Bihar's Darbhanga airport

Updated : November 09, 2020 12:16 PM IST

Spicejet will operate flights from Darbhanga to Delhi, Bengaluru and Mumbai under the regional connectivity scheme.

The inaugural flight in the Bengaluru-Darbhanga-Delhi route began Sunday.

Flight operations under regional connectivity scheme (RCS) started Sunday from Bihar’s Darbhanga airport, as announced earlier by Union Civil Aviation minister Hardeep Puri.

The minister who had visited Darbhanga on September 13 to review the work at the airport had announced that flight services from here to Mumbai, Delhi and Bengaluru will begin from November 8, before the auspicious festival of Chhath Puja.

Spicejet will operate flights from Darbhanga to Delhi, Bengaluru and Mumbai under RCS. The inaugural flight in the Bengaluru-Darbhanga-Delhi route began Sunday, airport sources said here.

Darbhanga MP Gopaljee Thakur, local MLA in the outgoing assembly Sanjay Saraogi and MLC Dilip Chaudhary boarded the inaugural flight from Darbhanga to Delhi.

The same flight returned here from the national capital later in the day.

Flight operations begin from Bihar's Darbhanga airport

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