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Haryana CM inaugurates country's first air taxi service from Chandigarh to Hisar

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Haryana CM inaugurates country's first air taxi service from Chandigarh to Hisar
  • Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar inaugurated air taxi services from Chandigarh to Hisar from Chandigarh Airport under Centre's UDAN scheme.
  • In 2nd phase, services for Hisar to Dehradun will be started on 18 January.
  • In the 3rd phase, two more routes from Chandigarh to Dehradun and Hisar to Dharamshala will be added on 23 January.
  • The company also plans to include Shimla, Kullu and more Haryana routes.
  • First flight to the newly constructed Hisar airport in Haryana from Chandigarh was flagged off under the Regional Connectivity Scheme – Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik (RCS-UDAN) of the Government of India.
  • The flagging off marks the operationalization of 54th airport under the UDAN scheme.
  • “To date, 307 routes and 54 airports including 5 heliports and 2 Water Aerodromes have been operationalized under the UDAN scheme," said Ministry of Civil Aviation in an official release.
  • Hisar airport is a public licensed airport that is suitable for 18 seat type aircraft.
  • The development of the Hisar airport was undertaken by the MoCA as it aligns with the dual objectives of the UDAN scheme; "letting the common

citizen of the country fly" & make air travel affordable and widespread in the country.

  • The airline Aviation Connectivity & Infrastructure Developers Pvt. Ltd (Air Taxi) was awarded the Hisar – Chandigarh – Hisar route under the UDAN 4 bidding process.
  • The airline has become the first startup airline of the country to assist the nation with Air Taxi services.
  • These UDAN flights will reduce the journey time between Hisar to Chandigarh from 4.5 hours to a comfortable 45 minutes journey that too at an affordable fare since financial incentives in the form of Viability Gap Funding (VGF) is being provided from the Centre, State governments and airport operators to selected airlines to encourage operations from unserved and underserved airports under the scheme.
  • Hisar is the administrative headquarters of the Hisar district of Hisar division in the state of Haryana. The place is India's largest galvanized iron manufacturing city. The commencement of the flight operations on the route will provide impetus to the local economy and enhance the aerial connectivity of the region.
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