First direct flight between Delhi and heritage city of Khajuraho was flagged-off on February 18. With this, 405 routes would be operationalized under the UDAN-RCS scheme.
- SpiceJet was awarded the Delhi-Khajuraho-Delhi route under the RCS-UDAN 3.0. The airline will be operating flights on 2 days of the week – Friday and Sunday, and will deploy its Q400, 78-seater turbo prop aircraft designed for shorter distance flights on the route.
- SpiceJet is India’s largest regional carrier and the strongest supporter of UDAN scheme.
- Khajuraho airport was established in the year 1978 with flight services to Delhi, Agra, Varanasi.
- Ministry of Civil Aviation has invested Rs 50 crore in Khajuraho airport and advance facilities were incorporated in the airport with installation of instrument landing system, a 1,20,000 sq ft new terminal building, night landing facility, recarpeting of runway and new ATC towers. The flight begins couple of days before the start of the Khajuraho dance festival.
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