AFTER Jabalpur-Mumbai, the city has been gifted yet another new flight. Starting Sunday, a direct flight to Bengaluru has been launched, connecting Madhya Pradesh’s cultural capital directly with South India. IndiGo has commenced the new air service Sunday and also released the flight schedule. The flight takes about 2 hours and 10 minutes. It departs from Bengaluru at 12.30 pm and arrive in Jabalpur at 2.35 pm. The return flight departs from Jabalpur at 3.10 pm and reaches Bengaluru at 5.20 pm.

 

The start of this flight has brought significant relief to the people of Sanskardhani. The inaugural flight from Jabalpur to Bengaluru had 90 per cent seats booked. This air service was in high demand for a long time and today the demand has been fulfilled. The flight will be available four days a week i.e. on Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. Previously, due to the lack of direct flight services, passengers had to travel via Nagpur or Bhopal to catch flights to South India. Incharge Director, Dumna Airport Neeraj Kumar informed that the JabalpurBengaluru flight landed at the Airport around 3 pm on Sunday with 182 passengers on board. The flight then departed for Bengaluru at about 3.30 pm with 168 passengers. Upon landing, the flight was given a water cannon salute. With the launch of this flight, Jabalpur now has direct connectivity to Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Indore, Bilaspur, Bhopal and Bengaluru.