On Wednesday, September 22, Air India's regional arm Alliance Air stated that it will operate daily direct air services to the newly-constructed Sindhudurg Airport from Mumbai, starting October 9.
In a statement, the airline said: "Alliance Air will commence daily direct flight operations from Mumbai to Sindhudurg and back effective 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 move will make Alliance the first domestic carrier to launch operations to the greenfield airport in the Konkan region, which received the aerodrome licence for commencing commercial operations from aviation safety regulator DGCA last week.
सिंधुदुर्ग के लिए एक बड़ी सौगात! 9 अक्टूबर को सिंधुर्दुरग हवाईअड्डे के लोकार्पण के साथ-साथ UDAN परियोजना के तहत मुम्बई और सिंधुदुर्ग के बीच @allianceair की प्रतिदिन विमान सेवा की शुरआत भी होने जा रही है। 1/2 pic.twitter.com/zqzD3J2FdL
— Jyotiraditya M. Scindia (@JM_Scindia) September 22, 2021
On September 7, Union minister Narayan Rane had said Chipi airport in Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra would be inaugurated by Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on October 9.
Revealing details further, the alliance said 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. The airline also announced an all-inclusive inaugural fare of INR 2,520 for the Mumbai-Sindhudurg flight and INR 2,621 for Sindhudurg-Mumbai services.
The first green airport, made at an investment of INR 800 crore, is a special purpose vehicle of IRB Infrastructure Developer that was formed and mandated with the task of project development and operations.
With this, the state is expected to bring an economic boom for the region with lots of employment and self-entrepreneurship opportunities for local people, IRB Sindhudurg Airport Pvt Ltd said in a release.
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