Bihar's Brand New Darbhanga Airport To Be Functional Soon, Bookings To Begin By September-End, Says Aviation Minister

The Airports Authority of India (AAI) is developing the Darbhanga and Deoghar airports. With their operationalisation, air connectivity of the region is expected to be improved.

Photo: twitter/@HardeepSPuri

Darbhanga: Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri visited the airports at Darbhanga and Deoghar on Saturday to review the ongoing development work there.  The Minister took to Twitter to share photos of his visit and informed about the status of work underway. "Very happy to see that most of the work at the airport is almost complete. Arrival & departure halls, check-in facility, conveyor belt, etc have already been installed. The remaining work will be completed before the end of October. Spice Jet has already been awarded this route under RCS-UDAN," - Minister Hardeep Puri wrote.

Very happy to see that most of the work at the airport is almost complete. Arrival & departure halls, check-in facility, conveyor belt etc have already been installed. Remaining work will be completed before end October. Spicejet has already been awarded this route under RCS-UDAN pic.twitter.com/CATGVGUEIu

— Hardeep Singh Puri (@HardeepSPuri) September 12, 2020

Informing booking by September end, he stated, "Bookings will start by end September for daily flights from Darbhanga to Delhi, Mumbai & Bengaluru. Flight Operations will begin in the first week of November, before the auspicious festival of Chhath Puja. This a boon for 22 districts of North Bihar".

Bookings will start by end September for daily flights from Darbhanga to Delhi, Mumbai & Bengaluru. Flight Operations will begin in first week of November, before the auspicious festival of Chhath Puja. This a boon for 22 districts of North Bihar. pic.twitter.com/A6faxQYl9Y

— Hardeep Singh Puri (@HardeepSPuri) September 12, 2020

The Civil Aviation Minister then took to Deoghar where he reviewed the progress of completion and termed it to be "at an advanced stage" The work will be completed on schedule. I had extensive discussions with MP Shri Nishikant Dubey ji. We have decided to operationalise the airport very soon. We will be taking some key decisions in this regard by next week".

Work at the Deogarh airport is at an advanced stage & will be completed on schedule. I had extensive discussions with MP Shri @nishikant_dubey ji. We have decided to operationalise the airport very soon. We will be taking some key decisions in this regard by next week. pic.twitter.com/kLnJABr0Lb

— Hardeep Singh Puri (@HardeepSPuri) September 12, 2020

Hardeep Puri also emphasised on the strategic location of the Deoghar airport by stating that apart from providing aviation connectivity to the Santhal region, it is strategically located to provide connectivity to Patna, Kolkata and Bagdogra, and will also be able to serve people from Bhagalpur and Jamui districts of Bihar. The Airports Authority of India (AAI) is developing these airports. With their operationalisation, air connectivity of the region will be improved, the Civil Aviation Ministry had informed in a statement earlier. The Deoghar airport in Jharkhand is being developed by the AAI in collaboration with the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the state government. The development of Deoghar airport with a project cost of Rs 401.34 crore and will be completed very soon, the ministry noted. WATCH | It was nice meeting with CM Nitish Kumar: JP Nadda