{"id":159230,"date":"2021-05-24T01:56:50","date_gmt":"2021-05-23T20:26:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=159230"},"modified":"2021-05-24T01:56:50","modified_gmt":"2021-05-23T20:26:50","slug":"pasighat-to-get-new-flight-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2021\/05\/24\/pasighat-to-get-new-flight-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Pasighat to get new flight service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>ITANAGAR, 23 May:<\/strong> FlyBig airlines will on Monday start a direct flight service between Pasighat in East Siang district and Guwahati and Kolkata, officials said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The newly-launched airlines operated a trial flight with an ATR 72 aircraft on Sunday, and it landed safely at the Pasighat airport, FlyBig regional head Manima Baruah said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;A trial flight operated by @flybigairlines landed safely at Pasighat airport. The scheduled civilian operations will commence 24th May onwards. Direct flights under #UDAN will significantly boost the economic opportunities in the region,&#8221; the union civil aviation ministry tweeted.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Chief Minister Pema Khandu said it was a significant milestone in building air connectivity in the state.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Barua said the fare would be cheaper than other airlines operating in the region.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;The fare between Pasighat and Guwahati is Rs 1,100, while that between Pasighat and Kolkata will be 2,300,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Alliance Air is operating flights three days a week &#8211; Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday &#8211; on the Pasighat-Guwahati- Kolkata route since May 2018. (PTI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ITANAGAR, 23 May: FlyBig airlines will on Monday start a direct flight service between Pasighat in East Siang district and Guwahati and Kolkata, officials said. The newly-launched airlines operated a trial flight with an ATR 72 aircraft on Sunday, and it landed safely at the Pasighat airport, FlyBig regional head Manima Baruah said. &#8220;A trial [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-159230","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159230\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}