Question 1675

First made in India Dornier aircraft flight was flagged off from Dibrugarh in Assam to ________ in Arunachal Pradesh in April 2022.

Answer

Pasighat

Why?

The correct answer is Pasighat. Key Points The Minister of Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya M. Scindia flagged off the first flight of Made in India HAL Dornier Do-228 on 12 April 2022. The flight will be operational from Dibrugarh in Assam to Pasighat in Arunachal Pradesh and finally to Lilabari in Assam. Alliance Air had signed an MoU with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) to operate Indian-made Dornier aircraft. Additional Information F irst direct flight between Gorakhpur and Varanasi was flagged-off on 27 March 2022. SpiceJet was awarded the route under the RCS-UDAN 4.1. In the last 5 years, 409 routes and 66 airports have been operationalized under the UDAN scheme. SpiceJet, India’s largest regional carrier, operates 63 daily flights under UDAN connecting 14 UDAN destinations to various parts of the country.