New Regional carrier Fly91 takes flight, commercial operations from march 18

The maiden journey departed from Manohar International Airport (MOPA), Goa, destined Agatti Islands in Lakshadweep. Fly91 announced that scheduled flights will commence fr March 18, 2024, connecting Manohar International Airport, Goa, with Bengaluru, Hyderab Jalgaon, Agatti, Pune, and Nanded. Additional routes from Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Pu to Sindhudurg, Jalgaon, Nanded, and Goa will be introduced in a phased manner. A new regional airline, took flight with th e inaugural flight being flagged off by Union Minister for Civil Aviation and Steel, Jyotiraditya Scindia. The maiden journey departed from Manohar International Airport (MOPA), Goa, destined for Agatti Islands in Lakshadweep. From Goa's Manohar International Airport, the flag off for the first-Goa based airline was done by Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant in presence of Union Minister of State for Tourism Shripad Naik, Goa Tourism Minister Rohan Khaunte, Rajya Sabha MP Sadanand Shet Tanavade, and Fly91 CEO Manoj Chako and others. In his address, Scindia hailed the transformative growth of India's aviation sector under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership. He emphasised the government's commitment to expanding air connectivity to tier 2 and tier 3 cities through the UDAN scheme. The scheme aims to elevate domestic air traffic to 30 crores by 2030, a significant leap from 6 crores in 2014