Sindhudurg-Mumbai flights resume, Konkan beach now a few hours away. Mumbai News – Times of India

Mumbai: Beaches ganpatipule Now less than two hours away from Mumbai, what has Alliance Air done with the introduction of ATR flights? Sindhudurg on Saturday.
The Alliance Air flight, operated by a 72-seater ATR 72-600, will depart Mumbai daily at 11.35 am and land at Sindhudurg at 1 pm, thus covering a distance of 530 km in approximately 85 minutes. The return flight will depart at 1.25 PM and reach Mumbai at 2.50 PM.
Jyotiraditya ScindiaThe Civil Aviation Minister virtually inaugurated the terminal building and flagged off the first Sindhudurg-Mumbai flight operated under the RCS-UDAN scheme. “The inauguration of Sindhudurg airport and flight to Mumbai marks a new chapter in the glorious history of India. Konkan Area. This development will open new avenues for the development of local trade and tourism. I am sure that with the huge potential of the region, the number of daily flights will increase to 20-25 within the next 5 years,” Scindia said.
The greenfield airport has been built at Chipi-Parule in Sindhudurg district on 271 hectares of land at an estimated cost of Rs 520 crore. The airport has been under construction for eight years and is being constructed by IRB Infrastructure Developers Ltd. Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation A release issued by the Press Information Bureau stated that it began in February 2013.
The inauguration marked the start of the 61st airport under the UDAN scheme and the operation of 381 routes under UDAN. Under the scheme, selected airlines are being provided financial incentives in the form of Viability Gap Funding (VGF) from the Central, State Governments and airport operators to encourage operations from unserved and underserved airports.

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