Over 5 lakh flyers use Darbhanga airport in 1 year

PATNA: Over 5 lakh passengers have travelled to and from Darbhanga airport, which became operational for commercial flights on November 8 last year. The civil enclave at Darbhanga becomes the third airport of the state after Patna and Gaya. Started with three flights for Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru, the number has increased to nine as direct flights have been introduced for Kolkata and Hyderabad.On Thursday, 2,612 flyers travelled by the nine flights.
According to the airport officials, the airlines are showing interest in operating flights to and from Pune, Lucknow and Guwahati while others also want to increase the frequency on Delhi and Mumbai routes.
Darbhanga MP Gopal Jee Thakur said it has become the fastest growing airport in terms of passenger footfall as 5.25 lakh people have travelled to and from Darbhanag in one year.