January: Passengers can now travel from Hisar to Chandigarh in just 45 minutes as Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar recently flagged off the first flight from Chandigarh to Hisar under the Central government’s UDAN initiative. UDAN is Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik.
CM Khattar also added that in the second phase of the development, services will be added for Hisar to Dehradun beginning from January 18. In the third phase, on January 23, two more routes will be added from Hisar to Dharamshala and Chandigarh to Dehradun.
This inauguration marked the gracious presence of Airport Authority of India and the Ministry of Civil Aviation’s senior officials. Referring to the development, the state Chief Minister stated that it would be for the first time in the country that an air taxi that is a small aircraft will be used for services.
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Further, he said that the company is planning to include more routes for Kullu, Shimla, and Haryana as well in the future. With this establishment, this would be the 54th airport under the UDAN scheme. According to the Ministry of Civil Aviation, under the scheme, 54 airports along with 307 routes, 2 water aerodromes, and 5 heliports have been operationalised.
UDAN scheme works for mainly two objectives and the Hisar airport is aligned both of them at the same time. Since it is a public licenced airport and it is suitable for 18 seat aircraft, it ensures that common citizens of the country fly. The second objective is to make air travel more affordable and preferred in the whole country.
