Indigo announces Silchar – Guwahati flights; to start from October 1

More Ache Din for flyers, as the country’s low cost carrier, Indigo, which recently announced its debut in Silchar, has now introduced another flight, connecting it with state capital Guwahati from 1st of October.

The budget carrier, on Friday announced the tickets for its Silchar Guwahati flight, with fare starting from 2965. The airline will be deploying its A320 aircraft for the said route.

According to the information available in the airline’s official website (goindigo.com), flight number 6E 726 will depart from Guwahati daily at 08:50 hrs and will reach Silchar by 10:00 hrs. After a halt of 55 minutes, the flight (6E 731) will depart back and will reach Guwahati at 12:05 hrs.

The introduction of this flight will help to boost the regional connectivity and also cater the demands of improved air connectivity between Barak and Brahmaputra valley. The announcement has also broken the monopoly of Spicejet as currently it is the lone airlines to run flight in Silchar Guwahati route after the closing down of Jet Airways. Sources have also informed that Indigo is keen to introduce flight between Silchar and Delhi for which an announcement will be made soon.

It can be mentioned here that, Indigo had recently announced Silchar as its 57th domestic destination and introduced Silchar Kolkata daily flights effective from 20th September. In this regard all the ground handling equipments required for handling a flight has arrived at Silchar airport.