The nation’s largest price range service IndiGo on Friday introduced that it’s going to begin flights between Kolkata and the newly constructed airport in Deoghar in Jharkhand from Tuesday, July 12.
IndiGo’s flights within the Kolkata-Deoghar route will function 4 instances every week – Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, the airline knowledgeable in an announcement.
Source: IndiGo
Late final month, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) granted an aerodrome license to the brand new Deoghar airport, permitting it to deal with narrow-body plane equivalent to A321 and B737.
The newly constructed #DeogharAirport in #Jharkhand acquired Aerodrome Licence from @DGCAIndia at present. The license has been upgraded from 3C to 4C which allows business plane operations upto Airbus 321, Boeing 737 kind and equal plane. pic.twitter.com/YanRUb9ZlO
— Airports Authority of India (@AAI_Official) June 29, 2022
IndiGo’s Chief Strategy and Revenue Officer Sanjay Kumar stated, “These new flights will enhance connectivity and significantly reduce transit time between Kolkata and Deoghar, from 7.5 hrs to less than 1.25 hrs. The increased access to Deoghar – home to Baba Baidyanath Temple, Trikuta Parvata, Rama Krishna Mission Vidyapith and Naulakha Mandir – will also boost religious tourism in the region.”