GUWAHATI: Under a Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) which is a part of the government’s Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik (UDAN) programme, Alliance Air announced direct flights, connecting Imphal to Dimapur.
Flight 9I 741 will depart from Guwahati at 8 am and reach Dimapur at 8.55 am and then depart for Imphal for 9.20 and arrive there at 10.10 am. Flight 9I 742 will depart from Imphal at 10.35 am, arrive in Dimapur at 11.25 am, depart for Guwahati at 11.50 am and reach at 12.45 pm.
The flights between Imphal and Dimapur will operate thrice in a week, on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays with a flight duration of 50 minute-long.
The price of a one-way ticket from Dimapur to Imphal or vice versa will cost Rs 1,811. A 70-seater aircraft will be deployed on these routes by the airline.
It is to be mentioned that as Imphal is not connected to rail network, it takes approximately 7 hours by bus to reach Dimapur station in Nagaland to Imphal station.
The flights will ease connectivity from Dimapur to Guwahati and from Guwahati to Delhi, Bangalore, Kolkata.