Air India to start direct flight from Delhi to Pantnagar

In a move to expand air connectivity to smaller cities and towns, Air India will start a direct flight from Delhi to Pantnagar in Uttarakhand next week.
The services, starting this month, will operate four times a week on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, with an ATR aircraft, a statement by the Ministry of Civil Aviation said.
On October 14, Flight 9I 815 from Delhi (DEL) will depart at 2.30 PM and reach Pantnagar (PGH) at 3.30 PM. The return flight 9I 816 will leave Pantnagar at 3.50 PM to arrive Delhi at 4.50 PM.
Pantnagar is well known for the G B Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, the country's first Agriculture University. It is also close to the integrated industrial town Rudrapur, which has large industrial houses, and also to the High Court of Uttarakhand.

The city is also a gateway point to the famous Jim Corbett Wildlife National Park and picturesque tourist destinations like Nainitial, Ranikhet and Bheemtal.
The flight is expected to provide quick and convenient connection to government officials, business travellers, students and tourists, among others.
In the recent past, Air India has launched flights to six regional stations like from Bhuj from Mumbai, to Lilabari, Tezpur, Silchar, Guwahati and Shillong from Kolkata. The national airline also operates flights from Port Blair to Car Nicobar under charter agreement with the Andaman Nicobar Island Administration.
Air India's regional fleet of 8 ATR and CRJ aircraft cover 28 stations in the country.