Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 20: At the request of Union Minister of State in Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), Dr Jitendra Singh, the Airport Authority of India (AAI) has requested the Air India Express (AIE) to consider extending its Hindon-Jammu flight to Udhampur.
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In a letter to the Airport Manager of Air India Express, Sanjeev Kumar Garg, Director, Jammu Airport, praised the introduction of the new Hindon-Jammu-Hindon flight, which aims to provide greater comfort to passengers.
Garg also mentioned that Dr Jitendra Singh had received multiple requests from people to connect Udhampur with Delhi via Jammu. As a result, he said, the Union Minister highlighted the need to extend the current flight service to include Udhampur.
Dr Jitendra Singh, in a post on X, also shared the details of the proposal, noting that while Udhampur is an Air Force-managed airport, efforts are underway to allow commercial flights to land there.
He expressed hope that the proposal, which suggests including Udhampur as a stop on certain days of the week, will move forward with the necessary approvals.
“We have moved an ambitious proposal to include Udhampur as an air flight stopover for the new Air India Express flight introduced between Hindon Ghaziabad-Jammu-Hindon. However, there are a number of issues involved and approvals to be sought, also because Udhampur is also, like Jammu, an Air Force managed airport, but a proposal has been placed on record to have a commercial flight land at Udhampur, if not every day, then at least on certain day/days of the week. Let us hope, our follow-up bears fruit,” Dr Jitendra Singh wrote on X.
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