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First ever commercial 'Made-in-India' Dornier aircraft takes off from Dibrugarh, see pics
Published on Apr 12, 2022 04:45 pm IST
The state-run Alliance Air became the country's first commercial airline to fly an Indian-made aircraft for civil operations. Till now, Dornier 228 planes were used by the armed forces only.
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Alliance Air's 17 seater Made-in-India Dornier 228 aircraft deployed for its first commercial flight on the Dibrugarh-Pasighat route on Tuesday with Union ministers Jyotiraditya Scindia and Kiren Rijiju on board. (PTI)
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Accompanied by senior government officers, Jyotiraditya Scindia and Kiren Rijiju boarded the flight at the Mohanbari airport in Assam's Dibrugarh for Pasighat in neighbouring Arunachal Pradesh.(ANI)
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Alliance Air had in February signed an agreement with the government-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited to lease two 17-seater Dornier 228 aircraft. The airline received its first Dornier 228 plane on April 7.(ANI)
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Regular flight operations are slated to start from April 18 on the Dibrugarh-Pasighat-Lilabari-Dibrugarh route.(Twitter/@JM_Scindia)
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The services will be further expanded to Tezu, Mechuka, Ziro and Tuting in Arunachal Pradesh with the Dibrugarh airport as the hub station.(Twitter/@JM_Scindia)
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The services will be operated by Alliance Air under the regional connectivity scheme UDAN.(Twitter/@JM_Scindia)
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In a tweet, Union ministers Jyotiraditya Scindia wrote, “A historic day for the North East, as well as for all of India! With the pro-active support of Sh @PemaKhanduBJP , @MoCA_GoI has launched the first-ever commercial services by the made-in-India Dornier aircraft.”(Twitter/@@JM_Scindia)
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