 "Indian Air Force's Tejas landing after a fly past during the 84th Air Force Day parade at Hindon Air Force Station in Ghaziabad on Saturday | photo: Sanjay K Sharma")
The government's plan to use the Hindon Air Force base near Ghaziabad for regional routes is likely to face legal hurdles and operational challenges because of increased costs and poor connectivity. Airlines are also likely to oppose this move of the government, aimed to reduce traffic at the Delhi airport, because of implementation difficulties.
Poor last-mile connectivity between Delhi and Hindon and the Air Force’s own operational requirements (which can limit civilian flights) are the other major issues the airlines would have to deal with first before starting operations. “You cannot expect a passenger to take a regional flight to
