Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said the airport at renowned temple town Shirdi in the state's Ahmednagar district had received night landing licence from regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation on Thursday.

The move is set to enhance the connectivity to the town, where a world famous temple dedicated to Sai Baba is located, and which is already part of the Mumbai-Nagpur Samruddhi Expressway and also has a Vande Bharat service from Mumbai that was inaugurated recently by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.