New Delhi, March 16 -- Air India Express will operate 40 weekly flights from Hindon Airport, directly connecting five key destinations--Bengaluru, Chennai, Goa, Jammu, and Kolkata.

This is aimed at strengthening connectivity in the National Capital Region (NCR). Rammohan Naidu, Union Minister for Civil Aviation, inaugurated Air India Express's services from Hindon Airport in Ghaziabad.

The maiden flight on the Kolkata-Hindon route landed at 09:30 hrs, while the first departure from Hindon to Goa took off at 10:40 hrs.

As part of the celebrations, the Union Minister presented the inaugural flight's first guest with a commemorative boarding pass.

With operations from both Indira Gandhi International Airport (DEL) and Hindon Airport (HDO...