Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the newly built Deoghar Airport in Jharkhand today. Union Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia and Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren will also attend the occasion.

This will connect Deoghar to Kolkata, Patna and Ranchi under the government's regional connectivity scheme 'UDAN'. These routes are being operationalized in collaboration with the Ministry of Tourism, according to a statement from the Ministry of Civil Aviation. Deoghar Airport will be the 68th destination to be connected to Kolkata, Patna and Ranchi under UDAN. An IndiGo connecting Kolkata and Deoghar gets underway today. Connectivity to Patna and Ranchi will be achieved shortly.

Sanjay Kumar, Chief Strategy and Revenue Officer, IndiGo, said: “We are delighted to announce Deoghar as the 74th destination on the 6E network. These new flights will improve connectivity and significantly reduce transit time between Kolkata and Deoghar, from 7.5 hours to less than 1.25 hours."

Spread over 657 hectares, Deoghar Airport has a 2,500-meter runway, which can handle the landing and take-off of Airbus A320 aircraft. The airport has a terminal building of 5,130 square meters and six check-in counters that can serve 200 passengers at a time.