Shillong will be re-connected by air with New Delhi after the State government engaged SpiceJet to operate its flights twice a week from February.
An agreement was signed today by officials of the Meghalaya Transport Corporation (MTC) with SpiceJet in the presence of Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma.
The flights will operate twice a week on Monday and Friday.
In 2020, the initiative to operate direct Delhi-Shillong-Delhi flights was undertaken by the State government with FlyBig but was terminated after the airline company expressed its inability to continue the operations.
“SpiceJet approached the State government and offered to operate the Delhi-Shillong-Delhi flights on its own as per the extant terms of MTC,” the Chief Minister’s office said.
SpiceJet has a total fleet of 23 Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 aircrafts. The same aircraft will be deployed for the Delhi-Shillong-Delhi route. The flights are expected to start operating from February 2023.
