National carrier Air India on Saturday introduced a new ATR 72-600 service from New Delhi to Gorakhpur. The inaugural flight, AI 9809, took off from Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi, with 42 passengers on board and landed at Gorakhpur airport at the scheduled time.
With the commencement of this service, flyers from Gorakhpur will be able to connect to several domestic and international destinations through the airline’s hub in Delhi. Similarly, passengers arriving in Delhi from the Gulf and other international and domestic destinations, will also be able to connect to Gorakhpur from Delhi on this flight. Air India is the only airline to operate to Gorakhpur.
AI 9809, which will operate six days a week on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, will depart from Delhi at 1215 hrs and arrive in Gorakhpur at 1415 hrs. On the return leg, flight AI 9810 will depart from Gorakhpur at 1445 hrs and reach Delhi at 1645 hrs.
In the recent past, the airline has connected Gwalior, Durgapur and Diu to the major metros.