SpiceJet to launch three more flights from Darbhanga in January

PATNA: Budget carrier SpiceJet has planned to launch three more flights to Pune, Ahmedabad and Hyderabad in January to cater to the rapidly growing passenger traffic at the Darbhanga airport.
The SG-119/120, flying on the Ahmedabad-Darbhanga-Ahmedabad route, will leave Ahmedabad at 9.55am and reach Darbhanga at 12.15pm from January 11. On its return journey, it will depart at 12.45pm and reach Ahmedabad at 3.05pm.The flight will cover its one-way journey in 140 minutes.
Similarly, the SG-113/116 between Darbhanga and Hyderabad and the SG-114/115 between Darbhanga and Pune will start operating from January 18. While the former will arrive at 9.40am and leave for Hyderabad at 4.40pm, the latter will take off for Pune at 10.20am and return to Darbhanga at 4pm.
Chief commercial officer of SpiceJet, Shilpa Bhatia, told this newspaper on Thursday, “In view of the rapidly growing passenger flow, we have decided to connect Darbhanga to Pune, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad. We will keep launching more flights in future.”
Bookings for the three new destinations from Darbhanga have begun on different web portals and at the ticket counters of the airport.
At present, the Darbhanga airport operates three flights on the Bengaluru, Delhi and Mumbai routes between 9.40am and 6.55pm. More than 30,000 passengers have arrived at or left the airport in the last one month.
The Airports Authority of India tweeted on Tuesday, “#AAI's Darbhanga @aaidarairport touched 30K mark in terms of passenger traffic through 170 flights in Nov ’20. Being a newly operationalized airport under RCS-UDAN, the progress made in a month is noteworthy, all thanks to cooperation of passengers & airport staff.#IndiaFliesHigh (sic)”