Air connectivity boost under UDAN! Rupsi Airport in Assam to start operations from Saturday

Rupsi Airport in the district of Dhubri, Assam, is poised to be operational from Saturday. A trial flight was conducted by Flybig Airlines on the Guwahati-Rupsi-Guwahati route. An Airports Authority of India (AAI) official was quoted in a PTI report saying that the trial run of the flight was completed safely and timely on Wednesday with extended support from the state government as well as concerned agencies. The Rupsi airport has been developed under the Regional Connectivity Scheme-UDAN and flight operations by Flybig Airlines are scheduled to start between Guwahati-Rupsi-Kolkata route from Saturday. According to the official, the flight is scheduled to operate on the route on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. Flybig airline has opened bookings for the route, he added.