Assam: Dibrugarh-Bengaluru IndiGo flight a new horizon

Guwahati: IndiGo on Tuesday introduced its new flight between Dibrugarh in Assam and Bengaluru via Agartala, marking a new chapter in the region’s air connectivity.

IndiGo will now operate in this new route three days a week – Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

The flight 6E 524 from Bengaluru will depart at 9.45 am and reach Dibrugarh at 2.20 pm, with a layover in Agartala.

The return flight 6E 525 from Dibrugarh will depart at 3 pm and reach Bengaluru at 7.55 pm, with a layover in Agartala.

People of Upper Assam can now take a flight for Bengaluru from Dibrugarh without having to travel to Guwahati to take a connecting flight for Bengaluru - the centre of India’s high-tech industry.

Its not only the people of Upper Assam who will be benefited with the introduction of this new flight.

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The residents of Arunachal Pradesh, especially the southern part of the frontier state - Changlang, Namsai, Lohit, Anjaw, Kurung Kumey, Longding, Tirap and Lower Dibang Valley, among others will now be able to take a flight for Bengaluru from Dibrugarh.

Even Mon, Mokokchung and Wokha districts of Nagaland are nearer to Dibrugarh.

People of the Northeast quite often travel to Bengaluru as it is one of the most sought after tourist destinations in India.

The student community too go to Bengaluru for higher studies. Moreover, hundreds of people of the region are employed in Bengaluru.

Earlier, one had to travel to Guwahati to take a flight for Bengaluru, but with the introduction of the Dibrugarh-Bengaluru flight, travel will be much easier, faster and cheaper.