IndiGo’s special flight 6E-2278 touched down at Noida International Airport in Greater Noida’s Jewar at 8:05 am on Monday, becoming the first commercial aircraft to land at the newly inaugurated facility. The aircraft had taken off from Lucknow’s Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport at 7:05 am, carrying elected representatives, government officials and Noida businesspersons.
The airport’s first outbound flight — to Lucknow, carrying 170 land-donor farmers and workers including 20 women — is set to depart shortly.
The aircraft had taken off from Lucknow’s Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport at 7:05 am, marking the formal start of flight operations at what is being positioned as North India’s next major aviation hub.
On reaching
Lucknow, the group will meet Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to thank him for the project. A separate flight is then scheduled to depart from Jewar at 8:35 am, carrying regular passengers onward to Bengaluru.
Regular Flights From July 1
While today’s operations are inaugural in nature, full scheduled passenger services will begin from July 1. IndiGo will operate four daily flights on the Noida-Lucknow route, seven days a week.
The morning slot will see flight 6E-7624 depart Noida at 5:50 am, arriving Lucknow at 7:00 am. The return, flight 6E-7625, leaves Lucknow at 7:25 am and reaches Noida at 8:40 am.
The afternoon slot has flight 6E-7628 leaving Noida at 3:05 pm, landing in Lucknow at 4:15 pm, with the return flight 6E-7629 departing Lucknow at 9:40 pm and arriving Noida at 10:50 pm.
What It Costs — And Why It Matters
Fares on the Noida-Lucknow sector are currently listed at Rs 3,394 one way, while the Lucknow-Noida direction is priced at Rs 4,021 — broadly in line with what travellers currently pay for Lucknow-Delhi flights.
Until now, passengers travelling between Lucknow and Noida had no direct air option and were forced to fly into Delhi, then make their onward journey to Noida by metro or road. The direct connection is expected to save both time and money for regular commuters on this corridor.
PM Modi’s Vision For The Airport
At the airport’s inauguration, Prime Minister Narendra Modi described it as a landmark project — not just for Uttar Pradesh but for the connectivity, trade and economic development of the entire North India region. The airport has since come to symbolise the state’s rapidly transforming infrastructure landscape.
