Hundreds of planes operated from Varanasi airport!
Lakhs of tourists reached the ganga Ghat of the district to see the grand Dev deepawali organized in Varanasi. During this time, a large number of passengers traveled by air with the help of varanasi airport and saw the Dev deepawali and other cultural events of Kashi. Especially, reaching the city and hotel by road from varanasi airport was very convenient for them. During the Dev deepawali festival, about 100 planes operated from lal bahadur shastri International airport of Varanasi.
According to the information received by ABP news from varanasi airport Authority - on november 15, during Dev deepawali, about 100 planes operated from lal bahadur shastri International airport of varanasi to other cities from the district. According to this, a total of more than 15000 passengers traveled by air. Especially due to better connectivity of the city with varanasi airport, passengers reached the varanasi event venue in just 15-20 minutes.
Apart from common passengers, VIPs were also in the city during Dev Deepawali. Vice President of the country jagdeep Dhankhar, governor Anandi Patel, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath, Union minister Hardeep Singh, deputy cm Keshav prasad Maurya and many other guests had also reached Kashi for Dev deepawali and other programs. Although, such a large number of aircraft movement is seen from varanasi airport only during lok sabha elections or other election campaigns, but now a large number of passengers are traveling from varanasi airport even during festivals and cultural events.
Road connectivity from the airport improved
In the last year, the road connectivity from varanasi airport to the city has improved. Passengers reach the city via the airport in just 15 to 20 minutes. Apart from this, with the help of Phulwari flyover, passengers reach BHU directly in a short time via the airport route. It has now become very easy for passengers to travel from varanasi airport to Lucknow, Ayodhya, Jaunpur, Prayagraj, Chandauli via road.