Alliance Air to start Mumbai-Sindhudurg flights from October 9

MUMBAI: Alliance Air on Wednesday said it will start daily direct flight operations from Mumbai to Sindhudurg and back from October 9.
These services will operate under the regional connectivity scheme of the Central Government.
Alliance Air will deploy its 70-seater ATR 72-600 aircraft to connect these cities, it stated.
The airline also announced an all-inclusive inaugural fare of Rs 2,520 for the Mumbai-Sindhudurg flight and Rs 2,621 for Sindhudurg-Mumbai services.
Flight 9I 661 will depart from Mumbai at 11.35 am and arrive at Sindhudurg at 1 pm. Similarly, the return flight 9I 662 will depart from Sindhudurg at 1.25 pm and arrive in Mumbai at 2.50 pm, it said.

Last week, Sindhudurg Airport in the Konkan region of Maharashtra received aerodrome licence from the DGCA, paving way for commercial flight operations from the facility.
Earlier, Union minister Narayan Rane had said the Chipi airport in Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra would be inaugurated by Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on October 9.
With a 2,500-metre-long runway, the first green airport at Chipi in Sindhudurg district will have a capacity to handle 200 departing and 200 arriving passengers during peak hours.