New airport to be developed at Jamshedpur: Sinha

Ranchi: Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha today said that apart from developing the old airport at Jamshedpur, an all new airport would also be set up at the steel city. Addressing reporters during the Momentum Jharkhand Global Investors Summit he said under the regional connectivity scheme bids have been received for Jamshedpur which would be now soon connected with Kolkata. He said that the number of flights operating from Ranchi during the summer season would be increased from 14 to 18 with Air Asia operating flights from Ranchi to New Delhi and Kolkata. Mr Sinha said that his department was also working at developing the airports at all the other major cities of the state including Dhanbad, Dumka, Giridih, Hazaribagh and Palamu to increase air travel in the state. He said that the construction of the airports would commence as soon as the land is made available.
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