India, June 15 -- The Noida International Airport in Jewar is set to begin operations on Monday as its inaugural flight -- from Lucknow's Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport -- will land at 8.05am, officials confirmed.

The return flight -- IndiGo's 6E-2279 -- will depart from the Noida airport at 6.55pm and reach Lucknow at 8pm. Airport officials said that while the inaugural flight will operate on Monday, regular flights on the route are expected to commence later.

The Uttar Pradesh assembly speaker Satish Mahana, UP chief secretary SP Goyal and other ministers are likely to take the first flight from Lucknow to Noida airport, officials said, adding that all tickets for this flight are sold out.

Union civil aviation minister ...