AVI-SPICEJET-LILABARI
Private carrier SpiceJet on
Tuesday flagged off a daily direct flight on the Kolkata-
Lilabari route, under the regional connectivity scheme, "Ude
Desh ka Aam Nagrik" (UDAN).
"Lilabari is SpiceJet's first destination in Assam
under the UDAN scheme and we are extremely delighted to launch
services on the Kolkata-Lilabari route," SpiceJet Chief
Marketing Officer Debojo Maharshi said in a release.
The flight SG-3345 will leave Kolkata at 19.40 am and
reach Lilabari at 12.35 pm, while the return flight will leave
Lilabari at 1.05 pm and reach Kolkata at 3.05 pm, the release
said.
Lilabari airport is located at Lakhimpur district of
Assam.
"Owing to its proximity to Arunachal Pradesh, the
airport will serve both the states of Assam and Arunachal
Pradesh," Maharshi said.
Passengers from Lilabari can now travel to a host of
other domestic and foreign cities via multiple onward
connections from Kolkata.
Lilabari is the airline's ninth destination under the
UDAN scheme, the release said.
With the launch of new flights, SpiceJet now operates
a total of 54 flights in and out of North East and six flights
within the North East Region.
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