As Noida International Airport (NIA) at Jewar opens its doors to commercial flights and ushers the National Capital Region (NCR) into the era of dual airports, the region's first attempt at creating an alternative aviation hub is quietly losing ground. An RTI response accessed by India Today reveals that Hindon Airport, launched with much fanfare under the Centre's UDAN scheme, has lost at least 16 routes as airlines steadily scale back operations.
In March 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the civilian terminal at the Indian Air Force's Hindon airbase under the Centre's flagship UDAN (Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik) scheme. Located in Ghaziabad, Hindon was envisioned as a low-cost airport aimed at improving regional connectivity and easing the burden on Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport.
More than seven years later, however, the airport is grappling with shrinking connectivity and a steady decline in traffic.
Information obtained under the Right to Information (RTI) Act shows that at least 16 routes have been discontinued from Hindon. Air India Express and IndiGo have withdrawn services to several cities, including Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Bhubaneswar, Goa, Kolkata, Patna, Jaipur, Varanasi, Ahmedabad and Indore.
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) attributed most of the route suspensions to "operational reasons", while Air India Express's Mumbai and Bengaluru services ended following a "cessation of operations".
17/06/2026 Ashok Upadhyay/India Today
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