Everything you need to know about Indore's 1st International Flight!
Indore airport becomes the first international airport of Central India, and guess where the first flight will head-off to: Yes, none other than Dubai – the Holiday destination for all. Indore’s Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport has finally got the much-awaited International status, everyone including the Management Authority and the Travel Agents Association was eagerly waiting to serve International passengers.
Now nearby people from any city will not have to waste time traveling to Mumbai to catch-up the Intercontinental flight, “Indore welcomes everyone”. Indore Airport Authority is developing a separate terminal for International Flights after Mumbai and other cosmopolitans which is a striking step in high pace development, any city is counted in cosmopolitans if the city owns an international airport.
As per the survey of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Madhya Pradesh and other industry surveyors, the approximate number of international passengers from Indore Airport will grow to a number of 95k in a year, as Indore is the commercial capital, as well as supports, diversified culture in tourism, culinary trade, nearby pilgrimage, and food. It makes Indore as an international opportunity for airline service providers.
The Indore city is located centrally in India and is geographically connected to every major city nearby like Jabalpur, Ratlam, Bhopal, and many minor outskirts. If Indore tends to grow at such great velocity, that day is not very far away when anyone will not consider heading off to Mumbai first then catch a flight to their respective destinations as they need to do and hassle currently.
According to Mr. Devesh Gupta (In-charge of the airport) and Mrs. Aryama Sanyal (Director of Indore Airport), All the arrangements are completed from their side and finally, the Indore – Dubai direct flight is here to hover.
To facilitate International passengers, Airport Authority has assured best in class infrastructure and service heads that are employed to make the flight experience the best one; like customs office, immigration counter-center and segregation area that will separate domestic and international passengers. Security arrangements had been made up to the mark within a short period of time which is remarkable even robots have been deployed to serve and attract passengers in the best possible manner. Separate entry and exit passages and luggage segregation points for domestic and international flights had been made to avoid overlapping and crowd.
Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport finally had received clearances from the Central Home Ministry regarding the Immigration related formalities and casualties.
Your International Holiday Destination is not that far this time, as Dubai is hardly 4 hours away from Indore:
Grabbing the huge opportunity, Air India has come forward to fill the gap and is all set to start the inauguration international flight from Indore to Dubai directly on 15th of July at 16:40, at a cost of Rs. 9,820*. It is expected to land at the Dubai International Airport at 19:50 which is just 4 hours hardly. The Aircraft which is an airbus A320 (AI-903) will take off from Indore on, Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Saturdays will have a different time slot which is 15:35 as take-off time from Indore and 18:45 is the landing time in Dubai. Another flight (AI-904) will cover the return trip on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays, from Dubai to Indore, the time schedule is a bit different, the flight will take off from Dubai International Airport at 16.40pm (15.30pm IST) and will reach Indore at 21:20 on all three days.
“This is the tentative time schedule, and it may change before the final announcement of real time operation.”
Indore is heading towards development at a very high and unobservable rate, come witness the change with us,
“Incredible India, Ideal Indore.”
