Shillong became the eighth destination for flybig in the North East after four cities in Assam, two in Arunachal Pradesh and in Tripura.
flybig, India’s newest airline, has been on a rapid expansion mode ever since its flight operations began in January 2021.
flybig newest route, opens up several vistas of opportunities for people across demographic and socio-economic segments including potential for students who study in Delhi NCR and neighbouring regions or working professionals especially (Government personnel) who are stationed in Delhi but whose home state is Meghalaya or any neighbouring state or area.
Further, with the introduction of this route it deepens the market access between metropolitan air hubs such as Delhi, Kolkata and the North east. In terms of time and resources saved, the flybig operation would end up saving more than 600,000 man-hours in comparison to rail travel and nearly 90,000 man-hours saved when compared to other air carriers.
The Shillong-Delhi operation of flybig would introduce enhanced efficiencies and productivity for several local and regional businesses especially those who aspire to connect with a major transport and commercial hub such as Delhi and beyond.
In terms of seat capacity added by flybig through the Shillong-Delhi operations it added 312 seats per week which accumulated to a capacity of 16,224 seats per annum.
CMD of flybig, Captain Sanjay Mandavia said, “I feel very proud and privileged that flybig has become the fastest growing airline in India with true people connect. Not only have we effectively converted thousands of passengers from rail to air, but we have also provided connectivity to lakhs of passengers from across India, including the whole North-East.”
The schedule for the twice-weekly flybig flight service between Shillong and Delhi commenced yesterday.
