First commercial flight from Hindon civil airport to take off from Friday

The first commercial flight, operated by a private airliner Air Heritage, from the Hindon civil airport will take off on October 11, to Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh district.

Ghaziabad: The first commercial flight by Air Heritage from the Hindon civil airport, which is adjacent to the IAF's Hindon airbase, will operate from Friday (October 11) when a nine-seater plane will take off to Uttarakhand's Pithoragarh district.

According to sources, flight operations will start for Shimla from the Hindon civil airport in November.

District Magistrate Ajay Shanker Pandey took stock of the arrangements and instructed police to set up a check post.

He instructed the chief engineer of the electricity department to ensure uninterrupted power supply at the terminal.