Blitz Bureau
NEW DELHI: The inaugural flight from Lucknow landed at Noida International Airport at 7:55 am on June 15, as the new airport began commercial operations following its inauguration by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 28.
IndiGo flight 6E-2278 departed from Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport in Lucknow and landed at Noida International Airport at 7:55 am. The return service, IndiGo flight 6E-2279, is scheduled to leave Noida airport at 6:55 pm and arrive in Lucknow at 8 pm.
As the aircraft landed at the airport, passengers inside the flight clapped to celebrate the successful landing of the inaugural flight. The plane was also greeted with a water cannon salute upon landing.
Notably, Akasa Air is also set to launch daily services from Noida airport to Bengaluru and Navi Mumbai from Tuesday (June 16), becoming the second carrier to operate from the airport.
Although commercial passenger services began on June 15, the airport’s first cargo flight is scheduled to depart on June 17, according to an earlier announcement by Noida International Airport Limited (NIAL). The cargo service will operate on a domestic route.
At present, many passengers travelling between Noida and Lucknow either use flights operating through Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi or travel by road.
Officials view the new flight connection as a key development for Uttar Pradesh’s aviation sector. It is aimed at improving connectivity between the state’s administrative and business hubs.
The airport has been built under a public-private partnership (PPP) arrangement by Yamuna International Airport Private Limited, which is a subsidiary of Zurich Airport International AG.
