On Thursday, in a partnership with FlyBig operator Guwahati to Silchar flight service was flagged off to improve connectivity between the states.
Tourism minister Jayanta Mallabaruah tweeted after the launch of flight, “ATDCL (Assam Tourism Development Corporation Ltd) will support FlyBig through viability gap funding and weekly operation of flights in both the sectors will be decided mutually by both the parties. These flights will follow a schedule of operating at 7.30 am to Silchar from Guwahati and it will have a return journey from Silchar at 8.30 am every day.”
On March, 2023, Assam Government inked a Memorandum of Understanding with Big Charter Private Limited ( or Flybig). Under the signed understanding, a decision was made to operate flights between Guwahati-Dibrugarh-Guwahati and Guwahati-Silchar-Guwahati routes on a daily basis.
Also Guwahati- Dibrugarh flight service has been already launched in Assam.
