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The first passenger aircraft to arrive at the recently inaugurated Maharishi Valmiki International Airport Ayodhya Dham in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, departed from Delhi today. IndiGo pilot captain Ashutosh Shekhar welcomed the passengers as they chanted 'Jai Shri Ram' during the boarding of the aircraft.
The first passenger aircraft to arrive at the recently inaugurated Maharishi Valmiki International Airport Ayodhya Dham in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, departed from Delhi today. IndiGo pilot captain Ashutosh Shekhar welcomed the passengers as they chanted ‘Jai Shri Ram’ during the boarding of the aircraft. The first aircraft to arrive at the Maharishi Valmiki International Airport in Ayodhya departed from Delhi shortly after Prime Minister Narendra cofficially opened the facility on Saturday.
Captain Ashutosh Shekhar of IndiGo was seen in a video extending a warm welcome to passengers on the trip to Ayodhya. “I am grateful that IndiGo provided me with the chance to oversee a flight of this magnitude,” he stated, as the passengers erupted in “Jai Shri Ram.” Phase 1 of the airport, which is 15 km from the center of Ayodhya, was built at a cost of more than Rs 1,450 crore, according to a PMO statement. Along with Union Minister of Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya Scindia and Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath, PM Modi opened the airport on Saturday.
The airport’s 6,500 square meter terminal building can accommodate roughly 10 lakh people a year. This is in advance of the major “pran pratishtha” (consecration ritual) on January 22 for the Lord Ram idol at the Ram temple that is still under construction.
