Rupsi Airport in the district of Dhubri, Assam, is scheduled to be operational from 8 May 2021. A trial flight was conducted by Flybig Airlines on the Guwahati-Rupsi-Guwahati route.
The trial run of the flight was completed safely and timely on 5 May 2021 with extended support from the state government as well as concerned agencies.
Rupsi airport has been developed under the Regional Connectivity Scheme-UDAN and flight operations by Flybig Airlines are scheduled to start between Guwahati-Rupsi-Kolkata route.
Flybig Airlines has forayed into the country’s North-East region to provide air connectivity under UDAN to remote areas amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
Flybig Airlines is set to embark on its operations in the North-East region starting from May 2021, connecting Guwahati, Rupsi, and Kolkata initially. In due course of time, other routes such as Agartala in Tripura, Tezu and Pasighat in Arunachal Pradesh, Dibrugarh in Assam, will be connected with Shillong and Guwahati.