Two-year pause ends, Himachal CM JairamThakur flags off Delhi-Shimla flight service

The cheers were back for residents of Himachal Pradesh on Monday, with Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur virtually launching the flight service between Shimla and Delhi after a gap of nearly two years on Monday.

CM Thakur launched the regular flights between the cities by flagging off a new ATR-42-600 aircraft of Alliance Air from Shimla Airport at Jubbarhatti on Monday morning. Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation, General VK Singh attended the program virtually from Delhi.

“Connectivity remains a big challenge in a hilly state like Himachal Pradesh and the state government has been making constant efforts to increase the air connectivity in the state,” CM Thakur said after Monday’s inauguration adding that due to technical reasons,