Guwahati: To further increase air connectivity in the northeastern area underneath the Regional Connectivity Scheme-Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik (RCS-UDAN) scheme of the central authorities, a brand new personal airliner on Monday (May 24) began flight operations between Assam’s Guwahati and Arunachal Pradesh’s Pasighat.
Airport Authority of India (AAI) officers stated {that a} flight of the personal airliner Flybig on Monday (May 24) began the direct flight companies from Guwahati to Pasighat.Â
A water cannon salute was accorded to the flight at Pasighat. The AAI official stated that that is the second flight companies to Pasighat from Guwahati after Alliance Air had began direct flight companies between Guwahati-Pasighat in 2018, an RCS-UDAN route.
Commercial operations of flights from the newly developed Rupsi Airport in western Assam started earlier this month underneath the RCS-UDAN scheme.
AAI officers stated that the Rupsi airport would cater to the wants of air travellers from 4 western Assam districts and the neighbouring states of Meghalaya, West Bengal and components of Bhutan as properly.
There are 15 airports in the northeast area — Guwahati, Silchar, Dibrugarh, Jorhat, Tezpur, Lilalabari and Rupsi (Assam), Tezu and Pasighat (Arunachal Pradesh), Agartala (Tripura), Imphal (Manipur), Shillong (Meghalaya), Dimapur (Nagaland), Lengpui (Mizoram) and Pakyong (Sikkim).
The AAI can also be growing the Hollongi airport in Arunachal Pradesh, boosting air connectivity in the mountainous areas.
(inputs from company)
