AVI-SPICEJET-LILABARI


PTI | Kolkata | Updated: 15-01-2019 21:53 IST | Created: 15-01-2019 21:53 IST
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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