Regional Airline, ‘Flybig’ to connect Imphal with Guwahati via Tezu

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• Sep 20, 2022 | Kabir Chakraborty

Imphal, the cultural capital of Manipur, is now directly connected to Tezu and Guwahati. This will surely benefit travellers with reduced travel hours and make air travel more economical with fares starting from INR 799.

Digital
Desk: Flybig, a regional airline, will now connect Imphal with Guwahati via
Tezu, as it adds one more sector under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious
UDAN scheme from September 26th, 2022.

The
route will be: Guwahati – Tezu – Imphal – Tezu – Guwahati

It will
be operational all days except Mondays. 

Imphal,
the cultural capital of Manipur, is now directly connected to Tezu and
Guwahati. This will surely benefit travellers with reduced travel hours and
make air travel more economical with fares starting from INR 799.

While
announcing the new sector, Sanjay Mandavia, CMD, said, "We are supporting
the vision of our Hon’ble PM Shri Narendra Modi Ji of giving a major economic
boost to the hinterland regions of the nation." 

"In
coming days we will connect Imphal to major cities in the east and north-east
with direct connections. We are humbled to inform you that we are continuing to
keep our commitment to providing air connectivity in the Northeast region
through the Ude Desh ka aam Nagrik scheme, "he added. 

The Flybig started its operations in May 2021 with state-of-art ATR 72-500 and ATR
72-600 aircraft, which are one of the safest and most reliable Aircraft for
regional connectivity with comfortable cabin space. 

Flybig
operates 18 daily flights and is the only airline in India to have Guwahati as
its main hub, from where it connects Guwahati to seven destinations, which
include Tezu, Pasighat, Rupsi, Agartala, Dibrugarh, Kolkata, and Patna. 

Imphal
is the ninth destination to be launched on September 26th, 2022.