Bathinda, Oct. 8 -- The connectivity from the Bathinda airport has been hit as a service provider shut down its operations while another reduced its flight days. Located at Virk Kalan village, the Bathinda civil airport was inaugurated in 2019. Until three weeks ago, it was connected to the national capital region (NCR) by two flight service providers - Flybig and Air Alliance which operated from Bathinda to Hindon (Ghaziabad) and Delhi, respectively.

Initially, Bathinda airport, located adjacent to the Indian Air Force station in Bhisiana, was connected to Delhi and Jammu under the Centre's ambitious regional connectivity scheme (RCS) of Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik (UDAN), under which fares were kept low. Gradually, the air connectivity to ...