Lohegaon Airport is operational, director clarifies after social media rumours on closure

PUNE Daily flight operations from the Lohegaon airport in Pune are as per schedule and there is no plan for closure by the Airport Authority of India (AAI)

PUNE Daily flight operations from the Lohegaon airport in Pune are as per schedule and there is no plan for closure by the Airport Authority of India (AAI).

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Pune airport director Kuldeep Singh said, “All passengers please note that Pune Airport is operational and there is no closure planned at the moment. The airport is operational between 8 am and 8 pm every day. You can check on airline or travel websites for flights between Pune and Bengaluru.”

The clarification on Sunday came after rumours on social media that Pune airport was to be closed for four days.

“Please note that all passengers arriving from any airport outside Maharashtra to Pune should have a negative RT-PCR test report before boarding the flight,” Singh said.

Flights from Pune travel to Chennai, Bengaluru, Ahmedabad, Delhi, Patna, Kolkata, Lucknow, Bhubaneshwar, Hyderabad, and Cochin.

Frequent flyer Shweta Adlakha said, “I often travel to Delhi and Kolkata for official and personal work. I am planning to go this week, but when I got a message on social media about Pune airport being closed I got confused. With the clarification from AAI Pune on their official Twitter handle, I am relieved.”