In conjunction with the UDAN initiative, flybig, has become the latest airline to start operation from the Donyi Polo airport , Itanagar the capital of Arunachal Pradesh from January 15, 2023. flybig will be connecting Itanagar to Guwahati with a direct daily morning flight (except Wednesday) on its ATR aircraft with inaugural fare of INR1,111. flybig will also provide onwards connections to other three destinations on its network.

Itanagar will be the 10th destination on flybig network; while the third destination in Arunachal Pradesh alone. Flybig also flies six days a week to Tezu and seven days to Pasighat in Arunachal Pradesh from Guwahati.

Saanjay Mandavia, Chief Managing Director of flybig, said, “We are honoured to commence our operations from Itanagar under Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi Ji’s flagship UDAN scheme. Right from the beginning flybig’s motto has been to provide connectivity to destinations that were hitherto not accessible by air, and operations to Itanagar is just another step in that direction.”

Welcoming flybig’s initiative, Pema Khandu, Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh, said, “We are grateful to the Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi Ji for fulfilling the dream of Arunachal Pradesh people to get air connectivity after 75 years of India’s Independence. We express gratitude to flybig for providing third and the most crucial connectivity in Arunachal Pradesh.”