Gorakhpur: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Union civil aviation minister Hardeep Singh Puri flagged off the inaugural Gorakhpur-Lucknow flight from the Mahayogi Gorakshnath Airport on Sunday as Air India’s subsidiary, Alliance Air, commenced its daily direct flights.
The CM also laid the foundation of the expansion of the Gorakhpur Airport terminal building.
Now, Gorakhpur has direct flights to Lucknow, New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Prayagraj. Another flight from Gorakhpur to Ahmedabad is all set to be launched on April 12.
Union civil aviation minister Hardeep Singh Puri said Uttar Pradesh is the first state which has drafted a civil aviation policy and said the Jewar international airport in Noida would be completed on time.
Speaking on the occasion, CM Yogi said, “The air connectivity in the state was not good earlier. Just four years ago, except Lucknow and Varanasi, not many cities had air service, but with the inspiration of PM Narendra Modi, UP is going to become the first state to provide international flights from five airports.”
“PM Modi had said that a person wearing ‘hawai chappal’ should also be able to travel by air, and his dream is coming true. Now, there are flights from Gorakhpur to all major cities like New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Prayagraj. Today daily flight between Gorakhpur and Lucknow has also started,” he added.
31/03/21 Arjumand Bano/Times of India
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