Aviation ministry reveals plan to connect Ludhiana, Bathinda to Delhi through 19-seater aircraft, says MP Sukhbir Badal

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president and Ferozepur Lok Sabha MP Sukhbir Singh Badal Friday welcomed the union government’s decision to connect Bathinda and Ludhiana to Delhi through a 19 seat aircraft under the Udan Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS).

The SAD president had raised this issue in Parliament through a question which was answered by the union minister of state for civil aviation. The minister disclosed that the RCS route connecting Bathinda and Ludhiana to Hindon had been awarded to M/s Big Charters Private Limited and that the company would operate a 19 seater aircraft.

Flights on the Bathinda-Delhi-Bathinda route had been discontinued in March 2020 after completion of the prescribed three years of tenure and there was demand from people, including businessmen and central government employees, to restart this service, said Sukhbir.

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He also welcomed the ministry’s decision awarding routes connecting Adampur to Hindon, Nanded, Kolkata, Goa and Bangalore. He said this was also a long standing demand after the routes connecting Adampur to Delhi, Mumbai and Jaipur had been started in 2018 but discontinued after three years.

Sukhbir in in his question demanded resumption of all flights which had been discontinued from Adampur, Ludhiana, Pathankot and Bathinda domestic airports besides asking the civil aviation ministry to give times lines for the same.

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He also made a renewed plea for resumption of the Bathinda-Jammu flight also. He said the flight, which used to run five days a week, had an average occupancy of 70 per cent and was a boon for those paying pilgrimage to Vaishnoo Devi and Amarnath.