CM Sonowal flags off Guwahati-Dhaka Spicejet flight service

July 1: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal flagged off the  direct Guwahati-Dhaka Spicejet flight service at the Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport, Guwahati on Monday. The launch was initiated with the customary lamp lighting ceremony thereby marking the formal announcement of SpiceJet’s SG 78 Guwahati to Dhaka flight.

A delegation comprising of 14 Assam MLAs also going through the same flight to Dhaka to hold talks with Bangladesh government for better trade commerce and connectivity between the countries.

The Bombardier Q400 aircraft will depart Guwahati at 11.55 am, while it will leave Dhaka at 2. 10 pm (local time) every day. With the launch of the new flight services between Guwahati and Dhaka, SpiceJet now operates two flights under IACS besides operating a total of 43 flights connecting 24 cities under UDAN.

While speaking at the launch function, Chief Minister Sonowal said that this new initiative is a step towards connecting all the capitals of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) with Guwahati. SpiceJet chief marketing officer Debojo Maharshi informed the daily flight has been launched under the International Air Connectivity Scheme (IACS). Shah Mohammad Tanvir Monsur, Bangladesh Assistant High Commissioner in India, said that this new flight will open a new chapter in the history of connectivity between the two regions.