Agra gets air connectivity with Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Bhopal & Bengaluru

AGRA: On Monday, when the country celebrates Holi, residents of Agra will have one more reason to cheer.
The city will now be directly connected with Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Bhopal and Bengaluru through flights. Private domestic carrier Indigo started flight from Agra to Bhopal and Bengaluru on Sunday. And from Monday, people will be able to board direct flights to Mumbai and Ahmedabad.
The inaugural flight from Bhopal arrived at Agra airport at 1:10pm with 22 passengers and left at 1:30pm with 13 passengers. And the flight from Bengaluru landed here at 1:35pm with 153 passengers on board and departed with 107 passengers at 2:05pm.
The flights were welcomed by water spray at Agra’s Kheria airport. Passengers were greeted by airport staff with flowers. No inaugural ceremony was held due to the pandemic.
Director of Agra airport, AA Ansari, said, “Agra got the air connectivity to Bhopal and Bengaluru on Sunday. Indigo airline will be operating regular flights connecting the two major cities with Agra every week. The inaugural flight between Agra and Bengaluru received a good response. The number of passengers in Bhopal flight was comparatively less. Adequate arrangements were made to ensure compliance of the Covid-19 protocol.”
“On Monday, Indigo airline will start operating flights from Agra to Mumbai and Ahmedabad. The inaugural flight from Mumbai is scheduled to land at 12:55pm and depart at 1:25pm. Besides, the flight from Ahmedabad will arrive at 10.10am and will depart at 10:30am,” he said. According to the schedule, flight from Agra to Bhopal will operate daily.
And it will go to Bengaluru on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. The flight to Mumbai can be boarded on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. And for Ahmedabad, it will be on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Permission from the air force, which controls the Kheria airport, was necessary to start a flight. The Union civil aviation ministry has drawn up a plan to provide an independent approach road and a new terminal building. The boundary of the new complex is almost complete.