Lucknow, June 16 -- Commercial flight operations at the Noida International Airport officially began on Monday, less than five years after Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for the project at Jewar on November 25, 2021.

The inaugural IndiGo flight (6E 2278) departed from Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport, Lucknow, at 7.55am and landed at Jewar at 8.45am.

According to airport officials, the new air corridor will drastically improve connectivity between Noida and Lucknow, offering a faster and more efficient alternative to road travel.

It will be the National Capital Region (NCR)'s second major airport after Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport, which is the country's busiest airport.

The Airbus A3...