Inaugural flight of FlyBig, India’s newest friendly regional airline, which provides connectivity to destinations that were hitherto not accessible by air, landed on the tarmac of Swami Vivekananda Airport (SVA) at 2.50 pm on Wednesday. The inaugural flight (S9101), ATR 72 aircraft, arrived Raipur from Indore received a grand water cannon salute in the presence of Airports Authority of India (AAI) officials manning the airport. Moreover, the passengers of inaugural flight were personally received by Airport Director Rakesh Ranjan Sahay, FlyBig Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Captain Srinivas Rao and Managing Director Sanjay Mandaviya. In all, according to the AAI sources, the inaugural flight (S9101), ATR 72 aircraft, arrived here with 42 passengers whereas the return flight (S9102) departed from here with 48 passengers. “FlyBig plans to operation Indore-Raipur-Indore sector 5 times a week viz. Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, wherein, it will arrive at 7:30 a.m. in the morning from Indore and will depart at 8 am for Indore,” the sources added. MLA Kuldeep Juneja and office bearers of Confederation of India Industries (CII) namely Amit Agrawal, Sandeep Goel and Satish Pandey. In the meantime, sources also affirmed that the focus of FlyBig and AAI is to develop smaller airports by boosting regional air services through such services. “Depending on the response, the private airlines, in conjunction with the UDDAN initiative, may also add more destinations in its operations list,” the maintained. It is pertinent here to recall that the private airline had received Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), a regulatory body in the field of Civil Aviation, primarily dealing with safety issues, on December 14, 2020. Hereafter, FlyBig Airlines’ CEO Captain Srinivas Rao on January 6 had also visited Raipur and reviewed the set-up at SVA along with APD Rakesh Ranjan Sahay for Raipur-Indore flight services, which finally commenced on Wednesday.
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Flights dropped in the first week of the new year, passengers increased
There has been a decrease in the number of flights to and from Raipur in the first week of the new year. However, there has been a slight increase in the number of passengers. According to the information, the flights to and from Swami Vivekananda Airport dropped by two per cent to 340 in the week from January 4 to 10. At the same time, the number of passengers coming and going increased by one percent to 34595. However, there is still no significant increase in air traffic to and fro. Corona’s influence is still being seen in the number of air travelers.
The direct flight from Raipur to Indore to be launched by the Flybig Company is scheduled to begin on Wednesday 13 January. This flight will connect Raipur to Indore as well as Ahmedabad. This flight will reach Raipur from Indore at 7.30 am. After this, it will fly to Indore at eight in the morning. After the commencement of this flight, the possibility of starting the flight from Raipur to Jabalpur and Bhopal has also increased soon. It is being told that the same company has also sought permission from DGCA for Jabalpur. Flight will start as soon as permission is granted.