Jharkhand
Deoghar Airport ranks 7th in terms of Giving Profits
- 02 Aug 2023
- 3 min read
Why in News?
According to information received from the media on August 1, 2023, Deoghar Airport is at 7th position in the list of top-19 profit-making airports in the country released by the Union Ministry of Civil Aviation.
Key Points:
- Deoghar Airport has set a record just one year after the start of the airline. Deoghar Airport made a profit of 28 crores during one year. In terms of profits, Deoghar Airport has left behind Ranchi, Patna, Durgapur and Darbhanga airports.
- It is known that a list of top-19 profit-making airports in the country was presented in response to a question asked by DMK MP SR Parthiban in the Lok Sabha by Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation, General Vijay Kumar Singh.
- Deoghar Airport, operated by the Airport Authority of India, is at the seventh position in this list. Kolkata is in first place, Chennai in second place, Calicut in third place, Pune in fourth place, Goa in fifth place, Trichy in sixth place, Srinagar in eighth place, Juhu in ninth place and Coimbatore airport in 10th place.
- Ranchi, Patna, Durgapur & Darbhanga airports are not known far and wide in terms of giving profits. On the other hand, airports established in Agartala, Hyderabad, Dehradun, Vijayawada, Delhi Safdarjung, Tirupati, Bhopal, Vadodara, Varanasi and Imphal are in loss.
- Significantly, on July 12, 2022, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Deoghar Airport. During the year flights have started from Deoghar to Kolkata, Delhi, Ranchi and Patna. More than 70,000 passengers have travelled from Deoghar to different places, while Deoghar still does not have the facility of night landing. Despite the large number of passengers, many airlines are now inclined towards Deoghar Airport.
- Preparations are being made by the Airport Authority of India to start flights from Deoghar Airport to Mumbai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad as well. Passengers are being transported from Deoghar Airport including Deoghar to Bhagalpur, Dumka, Sahibganj, Pakur, Godda, Jamtara, Giridih, Koderma, Jamui and Banka.
