The Aviation sector is slowly and gradually recovering after COVID-19 impact: Jyotiraditya Scindia
Covid-19 pandemic hit the aviation sector in the country hard but now the things are improving, Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia says on Friday.
In the economy of any country, transport sector plays a major role. We have begun connecting Gujarat and Maharashtra with Madhya Pradesh, he further added.
Prime Minister’s Dream
“Coronavirus has hit the aviation sector hard, but things are improving. By 2024, we have to develop 100 airports in the country to create 1,000 air routes. Out of these 100, 61 airports are already connected. A total of 360 air routes have been started which was Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dream under the UDAN scheme,” he said.
He had a personal connection with the two states as he was born in Maharashtra and is the “son-in-law of Gujarat”, Scindia quipped.
- Four new flights of SpiceJet were launched from Gwalior on previous Friday connecting the city with Pune, Surat, Ahmedabad and Mumbai.
New flights connecting from Madhya Pradesh
The aviation minister also announced that from July 18:
- Jabalpur-Delhi-Jabalpur flight will be launched while in October.
- Khajuraho-Delhi-Khajuraho flight will start too.
SpiceJet will soon start a Boeing plane service for Mumbai too, he said.
- At present 14 flights operate from Bhopal
- 22 from Indore
- 14 from Jabalpur
- Six from Gwalior
- The number will be increased in coming days, said Scindia.
Potential in Madhya Pradesh- Jyotiraditya Scindia
Tomar said that Scindia was working hard to fulfill the prime minister’s dream that even those who wear slippers should be able to fly.
Chouhan said though Madhya Pradesh has a lot of potential in the tourism and industries sector, air connectivity was a major issue, and now with Scindia heading the civil aviation ministry, this problem will be resolved.
A beginning in this direction has been made with the launch of new flights from Gwalior.
SpiceJet CMD Singh said his airline has started flights from 14 airports in the country from where no air connectivity was available until now.
Information Source: The Economic Times
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