AYODHYA: “A pilgrimage on a Pushpak Vimaan.” That’s how passengers described IndiGo‘s Airbus A320 (VT-IQA) on Saturday afternoon. The aircraft was to operate a first commercial flight to Maharishi Valmiki International Airport in Ayodhya soon after PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the airport.
“We just had to be on this flight and will return after a darshan of Ram Lalla at the temple when it is inaugurated. on January 22. It’s our good fortune, a divine providence, to be flying to Ayodhya on the first flight,” said Kamal Kumar, a garments dealer from Sikar, Rajasthan, at IGIA’s T2.
After everyone checked in, cleared security and assembled to board at Gate 23, the atmosphere there grew electric. There was chanting of Ram dhun and the devout gave a Shri Ram patka (printed scarf) to everyone at the boarding gate. Captain Ashutosh Shekhar also got a patka from devotees who thanked him profusely for operating their Pushpak Vimaan. The captain’s wife, Shweta Ranjan, was among the “lucky ones” to be on this flight. Passengers chanted Ram dhun and Hanuman Chalisa as they waited for 6E-2128 to take off.
After a flight of an hour, passengers alighted at Ayodhya Airport to a warm welcome. Shortly after the IndiGo flight, the Air India Express plane landed at Ayodhya with 99 passengers from Delhi.
“We just had to be on this flight and will return after a darshan of Ram Lalla at the temple when it is inaugurated. on January 22. It’s our good fortune, a divine providence, to be flying to Ayodhya on the first flight,” said Kamal Kumar, a garments dealer from Sikar, Rajasthan, at IGIA’s T2.
After everyone checked in, cleared security and assembled to board at Gate 23, the atmosphere there grew electric. There was chanting of Ram dhun and the devout gave a Shri Ram patka (printed scarf) to everyone at the boarding gate. Captain Ashutosh Shekhar also got a patka from devotees who thanked him profusely for operating their Pushpak Vimaan. The captain’s wife, Shweta Ranjan, was among the “lucky ones” to be on this flight. Passengers chanted Ram dhun and Hanuman Chalisa as they waited for 6E-2128 to take off.
After a flight of an hour, passengers alighted at Ayodhya Airport to a warm welcome. Shortly after the IndiGo flight, the Air India Express plane landed at Ayodhya with 99 passengers from Delhi.
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