Flight service from Hisar to Chandigarh begins

Less than two months after the launch of air service from Hisar’s Maharaja Agrasen Airport to Ayodhya, the flight services to Chandigarh has also begun from Monday.

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“Today is a day of pride for all the people of Haryana. After Ayodhya, direct air service to Chandigarh has now started from the state’s first airport Maharaja Agrasen Airport, Hisar. On this auspicious occasion, I heartily congratulate all the people of the state,” Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini said in a post on X in Hindi.

By flagging off the first commercial flight from Hisar to Chandigarh and travelling in the same flight himself, Saini said he became witness to the beginning of a new era in Haryana.

On April 14, Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of the new Terminal Building of the Maharaja Agrasen airport in Hisar worth over Rs 410 crore.

The Prime Minister had also flagged off a commercial flight from Hisar to Ayodhya.

Meanwhile, speaking in Hisar before flagging off the commercial flight to Chandigarh, CM Saini said that soon, air services would be started from Hisar to other major cities of the country.

While this will benefit the citizens with convenient, fast and accessible travel, Hisar will also take a new flight of development, he said.

He said in the coming days, air services would be expanded in a phased manner and would be started from Hisar to Jaipur, Jammu and Ahmedabad.

Saini said it’s a proud day for Haryana because this airport is Haryana’s first airport, which was dedicated to the people of Haryana by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The Prime Minister’s dream is that even the common citizens of the country should be able to use air service and in the last 11 years, this dream has been brought to reality in many ways, he said.

He said due to this airport, Hisar will also become a hub of industry in the coming time and various types of facilities will be available due to which this area will develop at a fast pace.

The Chief Minister took a dig at the Opposition and said its leaders used to say that Maharaja Agrasen Airport was an aerodrome, it was not known whether flights would start from here or not.

But the government started air services from Hisar airport as per its promise and these services will be continuously expanded, he said.