Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday expressed happiness over the commencement of flight service of Akasa Air from state capital Lucknow on December 25. “Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee represented Lucknow five times in the Lok Sabha. Adityanath said on Saturday, air service is being started from Lucknow to Mumbai and Bengaluru. It is a matter of happiness for all of us. On the eve of the commencement of the first flight of Akasa Air from Lucknow, the officials of the airline congratulated the Chief Minister of UP by giving him the first boarding pass (symbolic), the UP government said in a statement issued here.
After taking information about model, route, fuel, fare etc. from the officials of Akasa Air, the Chief Minister said that Akasa Air is starting its air service for Bengaluru-Lucknow-Mumbai route. “It should also be connected to Varanasi. This route is the most frequented. It will prove to be very useful for the people of both Uttar Pradesh and Akasa Air,” he added.
He also said that Uttar Pradesh has greatly benefited from the ‘Udaan’ scheme launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, pointing out that the PM’s dream of ‘aam aadmi clad in slippers’ and better air services in Uttar Pradesh has come true. Happening.
The Chief Minister asked the officials of Air Akasa to start air service from Lucknow, Varanasi or Kushinagar to Kathmandu. There is a demand for air flight services from here to Buddhist countries as well. He said that Akasa Air should also consider in this regard.
Comparing it with previous governments, Adityanath said that before 2017, the state mainly had airports in Lucknow and Varanasi. Gorakhpur and Agra had partially functional airports. Then air service was available from only four airports to 25 destinations. Today nine airports are operational and work is going on at 10 places. Today there is air service facility from the state to 75 destinations.
He said that before the year 2017, there was only one flight from Gorakhpur to Delhi. Today there are 14 flights and when I ask, I get to know that full come and full goes, this has given a new impetus to the development of Gorakhpur.
The Chief Minister said that the state government is building 10 new airports. Air service is going to start in areas like Aligarh, Azamgarh, Moradabad, Saharanpur, Chitrakoot, Shravasti and Sonbhadra. Until recently this was unimaginable. An airport is being built at a very high altitude in Chitrakoot.
He also said that Uttar Pradesh is going to become a state with five international airports very soon. Currently Varanasi, Kushinagar and Lucknow international airports are functional, while the construction of airports at Jewar and Ayodhya is in progress. There are immense possibilities in this field. Akasa Air will get its benefit.
Akasa Air Chief Executive Officer Vinay Dubey, Co-Founder Neelu Khatri, Co-Founder Praveen Iyer, Vice President Harjinder Singh and other top officials were present on the occasion, the statement said.