{"id":270886,"date":"2025-09-19T01:43:25","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T20:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=270886"},"modified":"2025-09-19T01:43:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T20:13:25","slug":"itanagar-gets-new-direct-flight-to-delhi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2025\/09\/19\/itanagar-gets-new-direct-flight-to-delhi\/","title":{"rendered":"Itanagar gets new direct flight to Delhi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>ITANAGAR, 18 Sep:<\/strong> IndiGo on Wednesday launched a direct flight between Delhi and Itanagar, boosting air connectivity to Arunachal Pradesh.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The inaugural service received a grand water cannon salute on arrival at the Donyi Polo Airport.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The new flight will operate on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, in addition to the existing services on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, Airport Director P Narendra said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As per the schedule, flight 6E 765 will depart Delhi at 9:40 am and reach Itanagar at 12:20 pm, while the return flight, 6E 766, will take off from Itanagar at 12:50 pm and arrive in Delhi at 3:45 pm.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Civil Aviation Minister Balo Raja described it as a milestone for the state.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;A historic day for Arunachal Pradesh! The inaugural daily Itanagar-Delhi flight received a grand water-canon welcome on its arrival at Donyi Polo Airport today. Grateful to the Ministry of Civil Aviation, the airline, and all stakeholders for making this much-awaited daily service a reality,&#8221; he said in a social media post.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, the Airports Authority of India (AAI) observed &#8216;Yatri Sewa Diwas&#8217; at the airport with a series of activities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Arriving passengers on the new Delhi-Itanagar flight were welcomed with traditional tikka and folk-dance performances.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The programme also featured a tree plantation drive, attended by Tourism Minister PD Sona, among others. (PTI)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ITANAGAR, 18 Sep: IndiGo on Wednesday launched a direct flight between Delhi and Itanagar, boosting air connectivity to Arunachal Pradesh. The inaugural service received a grand water cannon salute on arrival at the Donyi Polo Airport. The new flight will operate on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, in addition to the existing services on Mondays, Tuesdays, [&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-270886","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\/270886","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=270886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270886\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=270886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=270886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=270886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}