New Delhi
The Minister of Civil Aviation Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia and Minister of State for Civil Aviation (Gen)Dr V.K Singh (Retd) virtually inaugurated the direct flight between Delhi and Deoghar by Indigo. The event was graced by Shri Hafizul Hasan, Minister for Tourism, Government of Jharkhand, Shri Nishikant Dubey, Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) Godda, Jharkhand, Shri Narayan Das, Member of Legislative Assembly, Deoghar, Shri Sunil Soren, Member of Legislative Assembly, Dumka, Shri Rajeev Bansal, Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation, and many other dignitaries from MoCA, Government of Jharkhand and Indigo were virtually present. The airline will be deploying its A320 Neo, a 180-seater twin turbofan engine passenger aircraft and is primarily used on Domestic routes. With this new flight launch, total number of departures from Deoghar will be 11 daily departure flights. Speaking on the occasion, Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia said, Baba Baidya Nath Dham in Deoghar is an international religious heritage, and it gives me immense pleasure to state that my ministry has helped millions of pilgrims to visit Deoghar. Along with country’s hard economic power, we need to dovetail country’s soft power too. That’s the reason why major aviation infrastructure is created at places such as Ayodhya International Airport, Kushinagar International Airport and now Deoghar Airport. I would also like to congratulate Indigo for connecting smaller cities in the country and the day is not far when Civil Aviation will become the primary source of traveling in India. On 12th July, Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi announced that Deoghar will connected with Delhi and it is coming true. Flight is being captained by Shri Rajiv Pratap Rudy.
