Puri flags off first flight with all-women crew to Bareilly

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, March 8

Under the government’s Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS), Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri today flagged off the first flight from Delhi to the newly upgraded Bareilly Airport in Uttar Pradesh.

The Delhi-Bareilly flight, which began its operations on the International Women’s Day, had all women crew members.

The Bareilly airport has been upgraded for commercial flight operations under the RCS-UDAN (Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik) of the Government of India. The flagging off marked the commencement of the 56th airport under the UDAN scheme and eighth operational airport in Uttar Pradesh after Lucknow, Varanasi, Gorakhpur, Kanpur, Hindon, Agra and Prayagraj.

Now, people can fly at ease by opting for a flight of 60 minutes from Delhi to Bareilly, while earlier they were forced to opt for a road travel of more than six hours or a train journey of more than four hours.