Alliance Air, a a wholly owned subsidiary of Air India, is all set to commence flights between Pantnagar and Dehradun under the regional connectivity scheme, UDAN from January 4, 2019.
“Alliance Air will commence its flight on Pantnagar-Dehradun-Pantnagar route with an ATR-42 type aircraft. Flight AI-9823 will depart from Pantnagar at 13:40 hrs to land in Dehradun at 14:40 hrs and the return flight will depart from Dehradun at 15:05 hrs to land in Pantnagar at 15:55 hrs. ” Alliance Air said in a statement.The Air India subsidiary said It added that the flight will run four days a week – Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Pantnagar is an important commercial and industrial hub in the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand. It is famous for having the first agricultural university in India known as the G B Pant University of Agriculture and Technology.
UDAN with the objective of “Let the common citizen of the country fly” is set to make air travel affordable connecting small cities of the country.
