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Two more flights from Darbhanga airport launched

The number of aircrafts operating to and from Darbhanga airport has now increased to 10 with two more flights added from Monday, as per the revised summer scheduled released by the airport authorities.
Two more flights from Darbhanga airport launched
State water resources minister Sanjay Kumar Jha and Saran MP Rajiv Pratap Rudy with crew and officials at Darbhanga airport on Monday
PATNA: The number of aircrafts operating to and from Darbhanga airport has now increased to 10 with two more flights added from Monday, as per the revised summer scheduled released by the airport authorities.
Carrier budget IndiGo has commenced two flights on Hyderabad and Kolkata routes from Monday. The maiden flight 6E-6923/ 6924 reached Darbhanga at 12.15pm and departed at 12.45pm for Hyderabad, whereas Kolkata- Darbhanga (6E-6919) fight landed at 2.25pm and (6E-6921) departed for Kolkata at 2.55pm.
On arrival, the new aircrafts were given water salute.
The airlines operated its Airbus A320 aircraft on both the routes. IndiGo is the second aviation company after SpiceJet which started flight operation from Darbhanga airport under the centre’s regional connectivity scheme—Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik (RCS-UDAN).
Former union civil aviation minister and MP Rajiv Pratap Rudy extended his service as a pilot after he flew the aircraft from Kolkata to Darbhanga. Bihar IPRD and water resources minister Sanjay Kumar Jha also travelled back Darbhanga on this maiden flight.
Before the take off of Kolkata-Darbhanga flight, Rudy and Jha launched the flight service by cutting a cake at Kolkata airport. In a tweet, Jha said: “Coming to Darbhanga in IndiGo's inaugural flight and glad to inform that its captain is former union civil aviation minister and MP of Saran Rajiv Pratap Rudy (sic).”
During the inaugural ceremony, Rudy said, “This would be the first time in the history of India that a former minister of the
Government of India and the captain of the airlines would take a maiden flight.”
Darbhanga airport have direct air connectivity with six cities which includes Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Delhi. SpiceJet is operating eight flights—two each on Delhi, Bengaluru and Mumbai while one each on Ahmedabad and Kolkata routes.
Meanwhile, 2.6 lakh passengers have travelled to and from Darbhanga airport till June 30 since flight operation was launched by Spicejet on November 8 last year.
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