GUWAHATI: Authorities from the Mizoram BJP unit on February 13 said that the Union Civil Aviation Minister, Suresh Prabhu “promised” to start Air India flights to Delhi and Guwahati from Aizawl.
A press statement issued by the BJP Mizoram unit stated that the inconveniences faced by the people of Mizoram due to the discontinuation of the Jet Airways flights from Aizawl to Delhi and Guwahati was informed by the state unit General Secretary, Ramthansanga to Prabhu in Delhi on February 13.
The statement mentioned that Prabhu had said that nothing could be done during February, but Air India flights will be introduced in the Aizawl-Delhi and Aizawl-Guwahati sectors from March.
After the withdrawal of flights to Guwahati and Delhi from Aizawl by Jet Airways on February 10, Mizoram now only has a direct air link with Kolkata. Many frequent flyers now have to travel over 150 kms by road from Aizawl to Silchar in Assam’s Cachar district to fly to Guwahati, Delhi and other destinations.