Published by: Para Yadav
Last update: March 15, 2023, 11:08 AM IST
Gangtok (incl. Upper Tadong), India
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The Spicejet flight landed at Pakyong Airport with 12 passengers and then took off for Delhi with 43 passengers
Flight operations at Sikkim’s Pakyong Airport resumed Tuesday as a Spicejet plane took off for Delhi, officials said.
The flight services at the table airport were suspended in October last year due to operational difficulties, it said.
The suspension of services has caused inconvenience to people in the state and not only had a negative impact on Sikkim’s tourism industry, they added.
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The Spicejet flight landed at Pakyong Airport with 12 passengers and then took off for Delhi with 43 passengers.
Regular air service will begin on March 26 with a daily flight to Delhi for the time being, officials said.
Before ceasing operations, SpiceJet operated daily flights from Pakyong to Delhi and Kolkata.
Prime Minister Prem Singh Tamang had previously written to the Directorate-General for Civil Aviation (DGCA) to resume flight service.
Pakyong Airport is 26.8 km from the state capital, Gangtok. The busy Bagdogra Airport in Siliguri in West Bengal is about 123 km from Gangtok.
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