New Shirdi Airport Makes Trip From Mumbai Reaching In Minutes Now

SHIRDI:  President Ram Nath Kovind today inaugurated the newly-built airport at Shirdi in Maharashtra and flagged off the facility's first commercial flight to Mumbai. The President's aircraft arrived at Shirdi airport from New Delhi at 10:30 in the morning after which he immediately inaugurated the new structure and flagged off an Alliance Air flight, airport sources said.

President Kovind said the new airport would help pilgrims and visitors, besides triggering economic activities and creating jobs in the region.

Alliance Air, the regional arm of state-run carrier Air India, will fly to Shirdi from Mumbai and Hyderabad. Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju and Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis launched the flight by giving boarding passes to passengers, along with Air India Chairman and Managing Director Rajiv Bansal and senior Air India officials, the carrier said in a statement.
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