The Centre on Monday inaugurated a flight connecting six routes in the Northeast with a hope to further boost tourism in the region.
Civil aviation minister, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Minister of State for Civil Aviation, General (retired) VK Singh and Rajeev Bansal, secretary of civil aviation virtually flagged off the flights, which would connect Kolkata with Guwahati, Guwahati – Aizawl, Aizawl – Shillong, Shillong – Aizawl, Aizawl – Guwahati, and Guwahati – Kolkata.
One flight of Alliance Air was flagged off which would connect four cities, Guwahati, Aizawl, Shillong and Kolkata.
“With these new flights, travellers from Guwahati, Aizawl and Shillong will get multiple options for onward connectivity to the rest of the country.