India, Feb. 28 -- Travellers from the National Capital Region (NCR) has got one more airport to give wings to their travel plans with the HIndon civil terminal all set to see its first flight by a full-service airline, the Air India Express, on Saturday.

The airport, located next to the Hindon airbase in Ghaziabad, is expected to benefit travellers from western Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand as well, said officials from the civil aviation ministry.

Currently, Hindon has flights operated only by Bangalore-based regional carrier Star Air (India) to Kalaburagi and Hubli, three and four times a week, respectively.

The airport will witness a non-stop flight of Air India Express from Kolkata land at Hindon on Saturday morning. This flight wil...