Guwahati: Assam inks MoU with Flybig for intra-state air connectivity

The Assam Tourism Development Corporation has signed an MoU with Flybig to enhance air connectivity between Guwahati-Dibrugarh-Guwahati and Guwahati-Silchar-Guwahati under non-UDAN routes.

A daily flight to Dibrugarh and Silchar from Guwahati will be there, with the Assam Government ensuring better connectivity and prices, and committing to pay for unsold tickets.

“We have assured better connectivity and price through this pact. Air travellers do not have to pay more than Rs 4,000 for each flight. We have also decided to pay the expenses of unsold tickets to the airlines when 50 percent of the tickets do not get sold,” Chief Minister Himanta Biswas Sarma said.

Sarma further stated that the state government will try to launch more such flight services in other parts of Assam soon. Additionally, an MoU was signed between Assam Tourism Development Corporation and Pawan Hans Limited (PHL) last month to launch helicopter services on six routes in four sectors of the state. The RCS UDAN of the Ministry of Civil Aviation is focused on providing air connectivity to the remote places of the northeastern states, which have inadequate rail and road connectivity.

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