Direct flight between Indore and Jammu flagged-off

The airline will be deploying its A320, a 150-seater twin turbofan engine passenger aircraft and is primarily used on domestic routes.

There will be two flights in a week on Monday and Wednesday from Indore to Jammu and two flights from Jammu to Indore, one each on Friday, Saturday.

With the launch of direct flight between Indore and Jammu, Indore will now have 28 daily flights while 632 weekly flights will be operating out of Madhya Pradesh.

On the occasion, Jyotiraditya Scindia said, “Today marks an important day in history of Indian Civil Aviation as the crown of India will be connected with the heart of India. My aim is to develop 1 or 2 cities in every state which is full connected with the entire country and in Madhya Pradesh, Indore has achieved this.

"Previously, Indore was connected with 12 cities but in 6 months, we have connected Indore to 22 cities such as panaji, Kishangarh, Raipur, Belgaum, Gwalior, Pune, Nagpur etc. Apart from Jammu, we have also connected Indore with Visakhapatnam and Chandigarh from today onwards.”

After a break of two years due to Covid-19 pandemic, India resumed international flights from Sunday, he said, adding that from 1748 foreign airlines flights and 1440 domestic airlines flights are connecting India globally.”

Commenting on Indore's significance, the minister said “In the last 6 months, we have given more importance to Indore by starting the work of 3 new aerobridges, 15 new parking bays and parallel taxi tracks and international cargo terminal. By this year, we are going to establish domestic cargo terminal and perishable goods terminal in Indore. I have given the permission to convert a state hangar in the old terminal into a VIP state hangar.”

VK Singh congratulated the team and further said that “We have seen a steady increase of flights from Indore. It is a delightful news for the people of Indore to have a direct flight connectivity with Jammu and it will boost the city in terms of economic growth. I would like to appreciate and thank management of Indigo for their full cooperation.”

The people of Indore and its adjoining areas will be benefitted by getting a direct air connectivity to Jammu which will facilitate seamless movement of passengers between Indore and Jammu and vice-versa.

With these new commercial flights, common people will get multiple options to travel between these places which will boost the tourism potential and increase the economic activity of both regions.