Demand for resumption of regular flights from Shimla airport

Himachal Pradesh Tourism Development Board has asked the Centre to restart flights from Shimla airport at the earliest, keeping in view the importance ofthe capital as an international tourist destination.
In a meeting with Union Minister of State for Tourism Mahesh Sharma, tourism board's vice chairman Vijay Singh Mankotia said flights to Shimla airport had been suspended for the past three years, causing inconvenience to visitors.
He told the Union minister thatHimachal Pradesh had prepared a plan for promoting eco, adventure, religious and cultural tourism and there was a need to strengthen air services to the state to attract more tourists.

He also requested that flights to two other airports at Gaggal and Bhuntar be made regular, an official release here said.