Pithoragarh-Hindon commercial flight operations launched

The first commercial flight from Hindon civil airport adjacent to the Air Force's Hindon airbase operated yesterday when a nine-seater plane took off for Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh district.

The flight operations were launched by Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat at a brief ceremony held at the Hindon airport in NCR Ghaziabad.

The flight service will be available six



days a week except on Thursdays. It is being seen as a major boost to air connectivity between the border district and New Delhi.

Union Minister V K Singh, Nainital MP and Pradesh BJP president Ajay Bhatt and Almora MP Ajay Tamta were also present at the ceremony. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had inaugurated the building of the civil terminal on March 8.