Mumbai, March 13 -- The Amravati Airport in Maharashtra gets the aerodrome license by from the civil aviation regulator, officially designating it as a licensed Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) airport.

Getting this license essentially means the airport is ready to undertake flight operations.

Sharing the news, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis asserted that this achievement marks a new era of enhanced air connectivity, economic growth, tourism and development opportunities for the region.

"Alliance Air flight Mumbai-Amravati-Mumbai sector will serve this sector thrice a week initially," the chief minister wrote on X.

The flight operations from and to Amravati will begin by this month end, the chief minister announced on X.

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