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IndiGo Set to Enhance Sikkim Tourism with New Flights from Pakyong Airport Beginning October. (File Picture)
IndiGo plans to launch flights connecting Delhi, Kolkata, Bangalore, and Hyderabad to Pakyong Airport, which is predicted to considerably increase tourism in Sikkim.
IndiGo Airways will most likely begin flight operations from Pakyong Airport in Sikkim from October subsequent month, an official mentioned on Monday.
Pakyong Airport director Sanjeev Kumar Singh mentioned that in the meanwhile the business viability and information evaluation are being seemed into by the airline and AAI.
He mentioned IndiGo will function flights from Delhi, Kolkata, Bangalore and Hyderabad to Pakyong Airport and this can increase tourism in Sikkim.
The Pakyong Airport director mentioned Nepal’s Buddha Air needs to launch day by day flight service from Kathmandu to Pakyong. Nevertheless, approval from the Directorate Common of Civil Aviation was pending, he mentioned.
Singh mentioned that talks are additionally on with airways similar to Blade Air and Jetwing to start out flight operations from Pakyong Airport this yr.
“There’s a risk that operations will begin quickly as Sikkim authorities is presently reviewing the proposal of Blade Air whereas Jetwing already has been allotted flight from Guwahati to Pakyong beneath the Regional Connectivity Scheme of the Authorities of India, and they’re going to begin operations by November this yr if the circumstances are beneficial,” the Pakyong airport director mentioned.
Presently solely SpiceJet operates from side to side flights from Delhi and Kolkata to Pakyong airport.
(This story has not been edited by News18 workers and is revealed from a syndicated information company feed – PTI)
