Direct flight companies between Delhi and Sikkim start

Image Source : PTI Direct flight companies between Delhi and Sikkim start
Direct flight companies between Delhi and Sikkim commenced on Saturday with a SpiceJet plane touchdown at Pakyong airport within the Himalayan state
with 57 passengers, officers mentioned. Commercial flight companies to the tabletop airport recommenced after almost one-and-half years after the privateairliner halted its operations between Kolkata and Pakyong in June 2019 as a consequence of unhealthy climate situations and technical issues.
Commercial flight operations to the airport began in October 2018.
A Bombardier Q400 plane landed on the airport round midday and flew again to Delhi with 12 passengers on board, they mentioned.

State Health Minister M Okay Sharma, senior officers of the Tourism Department and the Airports Authority of India (AAI) have been current on the airport.
“This was the first commercial flight from Delhi to Pakyong,” a senior tourism official advised PTI.
The climate situations have been appropriate for the plane to land safely on the 1.7 km by 30 m runway, he mentioned.
The direct Delhi-Pakyong flight will enhance tourism and in addition assist locals go to Delhi for medical emergencies, Sharma mentioned.
The airport, constructed by the AAI at an estimated price of Rs 605 crore, is situated at a top of 4,646 ft and is among the 5 highest airports within the nation. 
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