Vistara airline will introduce a flight service between Agartala and Karnataka's capital city Bengaluru on August 1, an official said, adding that it will benefit immensely benefit flyers, according to a report published by PTI.
KC Meena, Director, Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport said, “Vistara is scheduled to operate a flight on the Agartala-Bengaluru route from August 1. The flight will arrive here directly from Bengaluru, and on its return journey from Agartala, it will go via Guwahati. It will benefit flyers immensely.”
Currently, Indigo and Akasa Airlines are operating three flights on the Agartala-Bengaluru route.
Meena said SpieceJet is ready to kickstart services between Agartala and Chittagong in Bangladesh but the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) is yet to notify the immigration centre.
"We are hoping to get all the relevant protocols cleared from the Centre by mid-June. Once the process is complete, international flight service will start at the earliest," he told PTI.
Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha had urged Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia for the introduction of more flights on the route.
At present, four airlines operate 34-36 flights daily from the MBB Airport, which handles around 4,500 passengers per day.
Earlier this month, Vistara and Air India entered into an interline partnership that enables passengers to travel between the two airline’s networks seamlessly.
Under this partnership, passengers are now able to receive their boarding passes at the first point of departure for all the travel sectors on a single ticket, and have their baggage checked in through to their final destinations.
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