Ghaziabad: The first commercial flight from the Hindon civil airport, which is adjacent to the IAF’s Hindon airbase, will operate from Friday when a nine-seater plane will take off for Uttarakhand’s Pithoragarh district.
According to sources, flight operations will start for Shimla from the Hindon civil airport in November.
Hindon Airport director Shobha Bhardwaj: Flight connectivity from Hindon airport (Ghaziabad) to Hubballi Airport (K'taka) to begin from 6th Nov.
— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) October 10, 2019
1st commercial flight, by a pvt airline Air Heritage, from Hindon civil airport will take off on Oct 11, for Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh pic.twitter.com/KKhlTK3V3J
District Magistrate Ajay Shanker Pandey took stock of the arrangements and instructed police to set up a check post.
He instructed the chief engineer of the electricity department to ensure an uninterrupted power supply at the terminal.