Today, in the presence of the Honorable Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Shri Pushkar Dhami, the Union Minister of Civil Aviation, Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu, virtually inaugurated an Alliance Air flight service connecting Pithoragarh and Dehradun.
Taking into account Pithoragarh’s challenging terrain and strategic significance, the operational responsibility for the Naini Saini Airport has also been entrusted to the Airports Authority of India (AAI), an AAI official stated today.
Union Minister Naidu remarked that for hilly states like Uttarakhand, air connectivity holds immense importance in reducing travel time and in unlocking the immense potential within their natural, spiritual, and adventure tourism sectors.
Union Minister Naidu expressed his delight, noting that the revised UDAN scheme—approved by the Union Cabinet under the pragmatic leadership of the Honorable Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi—accords special priority to the development of aviation infrastructure in hilly states like Uttarakhand, backed by a record outlay of ₹28,840 crore—the highest in the history of civil aviation.
