New Delhi, March 13 -- Union Minister for Civil Aviation and Steel Jyotiraditya M. Scindia inaugurated Fly91, a regional airline and flagged off its maidan flight between Manohar International Airport (MOPA), Goa and Agatti Islands, Lakshadweep.

Jyotiraditya M Scindia said that earlier in our country, airlines' closure and bankruptcy used to be the news. In the past 10 years, the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi brought a new dawn to this industry which resulted in the birth of six new regional airlines. Scindia also highlighted the multidimensional growth of civil aviation in the country. He reiterated the government's commitment to connect tier 2 and tier 3 cities through the UDAN scheme and said that the aviation industry is...