Airlines in India to add 100 aircraft per year to fly 412 mn passengersCivil Aviation Ministry officials said that there were about 400 aircraft in 2013 and in 2021-22, the number increased to 700. Airlines in ...
08 Jan, 2023, 09.57 AM IST
SpiceJet announces daily flight on Delhi-Pakyong route from January 23The Pakyong airport is the only operational civil airport handling commercial flight operations in Sikkim, and SpiceJet will be the first a...
15 Jan, 2021, 09.47 PM IST
Pakyong in Sikkim another risky airport with tabletop runwayConstructed by the Airport Authority of India at an estimated cost of Rs 605 crore, it is an "engineering marvel" for its soil reinforcemen...
08 Aug, 2020, 06.19 PM IST
IAF's AN-32 transport aircraft lands in strategically important Pakyong airfield in SikkimThe military aircraft landed at the airport, located around 60 km from the India-China border, on Wednesday.
17 Jan, 2019, 09.24 PM IST
First commercial flight lands at PakyongThe airline will operate direct flights on the Kolkata-Pakyong-Kolkata route daily under the Centre's regional connectivity scheme UDAN, th...
04 Oct, 2018, 09.26 PM IST
Hollongi airport in Arunachal to have better facilities than Pakyong: MinisterUnder the Chief Ministers Air Connectivity Scheme, all Advanced Landing Ground (ALG)s in the state will be made operational for air service...
01 Oct, 2018, 01.21 PM IST
Sikkimâs Pakyong airport opens new door for Eastern Himalayan tourism businessPakyong, located 130 km from Bagdogra airport in Northern West Bengal, will be a new and additional gateway for both domestic and foreign t...
27 Sep, 2018, 04.11 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi inaugurates Sikkim's Pakyong airportThe airport was constructed by the Airports Authority of India and at present, the nearest airport from Sikkim is located 124 km away in Ba...
24 Sep, 2018, 06.56 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi to inaugurate Sikkim's first airport todayThe prime minister will leave for the Himalayan state after launching the Centre's flagship Ayushman Bharat-National Health Protection Miss...
24 Sep, 2018, 09.39 AM IST
Sikkim gets sensor-based landslide warning system ahead of being on aviation map of IndiaThe airport is going to be inaugurated by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Pakyong near the state capital Gangtok on Monday.
23 Sep, 2018, 10.29 AM IST
Sikkim to be on aviation map; greenfield airport to be inaugurated SundayGangtok, Sept 19 () The picturesque state of Sikkim will feature on India's aviation map from Sunday with the commissioning of a greenfield...
19 Sep, 2018, 04.37 PM IST
PM Modi to inaugurate Sikkim airport on Sep 23After the formal inauguration of the airport on September 23, the commercial operation of flights will commence from the airport in the fir...
15 Sep, 2018, 11.54 AM IST
Defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman makes aerial survey of Doklam-Nathula areaSikkim government officials said the defence minister also made a survey of the new Pakyong Airport in East Sikkim and neighbouring areas t...
13 Jul, 2018, 11.04 AM IST
AAI to invest Rs 15,000 crore on airport terminals in FY19AAI chairman Guruprasad Mahapatra said the authority has decided to have additional facilities at all the terminal buildings across the cou...
16 Feb, 2018, 04.46 PM IST
AAI to invest Rs 15,000 cr on airport terminals in FY19AAI chairman Guruprasad Mahapatra said the authority has decided to have additional facilities at all existing terminal buildings, as well ...
16 Feb, 2018, 04.33 PM IST
92 new flight routes in Northeast under Udaan-2: Jayant SinhaSinha also announced a direct bi-weekly Air India flight from Delhi to Imphal from January next year, which he said would be made a daily s...
22 Nov, 2017, 02.37 PM IST
Sikkim can become an ideal tourist state: Mahesh SharmaMahesh Sharma officially inaugurated the 4th International Tourism Mart along with Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Chamling.
16 Oct, 2015, 10.09 AM IST