An aircraft of a private airlines was succesfully test landed at the newly constructed Donyi Polo airport in Arunachal Pradesh near here on Tuesday scripting a new chapter in the country’s aviation history.
The airport after it is commissioned will be the first in Arunachal Pradesh, the eastern most state of the country, and bring it to the aviation map of the country. The Lilabari airport, which is closest to the state capital, is located about 80 km away in North Lakhimpur district of Assam.
The Donyi Polo airport is likely to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi later this month, the officials said.
