New Delhi, Jul 3 : Up to three airlines are bidding for the right to operate a dedicated regional airline for India’s north-eastern states, the Press Trust of India reports.
One of the bidding airlines is state-run Alliance Air (now renamed Air India Regional after its merger into Air India), the other two are Universal Empire and Ace Airlines .
“Three airlines have participated in the tender for the regional airline,” Minister for Development for North-Eastern Region Mani Shankar Aiyer told the PTI.
The government wants the airline to use Guwahati as its hub and serve 11 regional airports currently operational in the region, including Dibrugarh, Tezpur, Jorhat, Silchar, Dimapur, Imphal, Agartala, Aizawal and Bagdogra.
In return, the winning airline will be eligible to receive government subsidies from the North Eastern Council, which wants a regional air service operational by the end of this year.
The PTI reports that 25 new airports will be built under a five year plan and a projected 400 monthly flights operational by the end of next year.
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