Mumbai: Ganapatipul Beaches are now less than two hours from Mumbai, what are the Alliance Air Launching ATR to Sindhudurg on Saturday.
The Alliance Air Flight, operated by ATR 72-seats ATR 72-600, will depart every day 11.35 in the morning and land on Sindhudurg at 1pm, so it covers a distance of 530 km in about 85 minutes.
Flights will depart at 2:00 p.m.
and land in Mumbai at 2.50 in the afternoon.
Jyotiraditya Scindia, the Minister of Civil Aviation, almost inaugurated the terminal building and marked the first Sindhudurg-Mumbai flight, which was operated by the RCS-Udan scheme.
“The inauguration of the Sindhudurg airport and the beginning of the flight to Mumbai marked a new round in the noble history of the Conkkan area.
This development will open a new path of local trade and tourism growth.
I am sure, with the great potential of the area, the number of daily flights will increase to 20-25 in 5 Next year, “Scindia said.
The Greenfield airport was built on 271 hectares in Chipi-Parule in the Sindhudurg district with an estimated cost of Rs 520 Crore.
The airport has been in manufacture of eight years and construction by IRB Limited infrastructure developer, under the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation began in February 2013, said the release issued by the Press Information Bureau.
The inauguration marked the start of the 61st airport under the scheme of Udan and operationalization of 381 routes under Udan.
Financial incentives in the form of Viability Gap (VGF) funds are provided from the center, the state government and airport operators to drive airlines to encourage operations from airports that are not served and underwear under the scheme.
Alliance Air launched a Sindhudurg-Mumbai ATR flight
