Union Minister for Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya Scindia inaugurated a regional airline – Fly91 and flagged off its maidan flight between Manohar International Airport (MOPA), Goa and Agatti Islands, Lakshadweep.
On the occasion, Mr Scindia reiterated the government’s commitment to connect tier 2 and tier 3 cities through the UDAN scheme. He said that the aviation industry is expecting to raise its domestic traffic to 30 crores by 2030 which was just 6 crores in 2014. He added that earlier in the country, airlines’ closure and bankruptcy used to be the news but in the past 10 years, the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi brought a new dawn to this industry which resulted in the birth of six new regional airlines.
The Schedule flights of new airline Fly91 will commence from 18th of March between Manohar International Airport, Goa and Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Jalgaon, Agatti, Pune, Nanded and from Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Pune to Sindhudurg, Jalgaon, Nanded and Goa, in a phased manner.
