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Operations begin at Darbhanga airport today

Darbhanga airport is set for maiden commercial flight operations with three SpiceJet flights landing at and taking off to Delhi, Bengaluru and Mumbai on Sunday. It would be the third airport in Bihar after Patna and Gaya for commercial flights.
Operations begin at Darbhanga airport today
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PATNA: Darbhanga airport is set for maiden commercial flight operations with three SpiceJet flights landing at and taking off to Delhi, Bengaluru and Mumbai on Sunday. It would be the third airport in Bihar after Patna and Gaya for commercial flights.
The Bengaluru-Darbhanga-Bengaluru (SG 493/494) flight would land at Darbhanga airport at 11.15am and depart at 4.25pm.
The SG-495 flight would leave Darbhanga for Delhi at 11.45am and SG- 496 would return to Darbhanga at 3.55pm. The Mumbai-Darbhanga-Mumbai (SG-705/706) flight would reach Darbhanga airport at 12.10pm and return at 12.40pm.
“The official booking window of the airlines would be formally launched at Darbhanga airport on Sunday. By Saturday morning, the incoming flights have 95% occupancy while it was above 90% for the outgoing flights,” an airlines executive said.
SpiceJet would operate Boeing 737-800 aircraft. It has deputed 30 staff, including operations engineering, commercial staff for boarding, security, check-ins among others at Darbhanga airport.
“The pre-fabricated terminal building has all passenger facilities,” said GK Chandana, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) project in charge of Darbhanga airport.
The interim civil enclave built in 15,000 sq feet area would accommodate 200 passengers at peak time. It has six check-in counters and two aprons. Parking space for 30 vehicles has also been constructed near the terminal building. The airport has a runway of 9000ft.
The foundation stone for the project was laid by CM Nitish Kumar and then civil aviation minister Suresh Prabhu and his deputy Jayant Sinha in December, 2018.
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