Ahmedabad: SVPI airport here may get connectivity to Hisar in North India from August, if words of Haryana Chief Minister Saini are to be believed.

Hisar airport will have flights to Chandigarh, Ayodhya (Uttar Pradesh), Ahmedabad (Gujarat), Jaipur (Rajasthan), and Jammu, said Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Thursday.

Chief Minister Saini made this announcement about the flight operations from Hisar airport at an event in Panchkula, following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Haryana Government’s Civil Aviation Department and Alliance Air Aviation Limited to promote air connectivity to regional airports under the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS).

The MoU was signed by Satish Kumar Singla, Additional Director of the Civil Aviation Department, and Ranjan Kumar Datta, CEO and Head of Network Planning for Alliance Air Aviation Limited, the statement said.

It was signed in the presence of Saini, Kamal Gupta, and Haryana Assembly Speaker Gian Chand Gupta.

The flight schedules under the Regional Connectivity Scheme will be outlined shortly, it said.

Chief Minister Saini said that today is a significant day for civil aviation in Haryana.

“The signing of this MoU with Alliance Air has opened new opportunities to advance the broader objectives of making Hisar a comprehensive aviation hub. Air connectivity will boost the state’s economy,” he said.

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