After Deoghar in Jharkhand got air connectivity,five cities in North East are getting linked with two new international routes.

These two new international routes are coming up under the regional air connectivity scheme. These will be operationalised, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said today after inaugurating three flights that will connect five cities in the North East.     

Scindia along with Minister of State for Civil Aviation Gen (Retd) V K Singh inaugurated the operations of three flights connecting five cities of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Manipur, and Mizoram, according to an official release.     

The flights connecting Imphal-Aizawl-Imphal and Lilabari-Ziro-Lilabari commenced from Sunday while the services on the Shillong-Lilabari-Shillong route will start from October 31.