SHILLONG: As expected Alliance Air, a subsidiary of Air India, has stopped its service from Shillong on Sunday “following expiry of agreement on May 31.”
Alliance Air sources earlier said it was forced to stop the service “due to irregular payment of viability gap funding by the North Eastern Council (NEC)”.
However, the NEC had denied the media reports saying that Alliance Air might stop its service since the agreement was valid till May 31.
On Sunday, an NEC official said that the DoNER Minister has already written to the Civil Aviation Minister asking him to continue the Alliance Air service from Shillong.
The official said that the Alliance Air had arranged a flight for passengers who had booked tickets for Sunday from Guwahati.
It may be added that the NEC has already sent a proposal to the Ministry of Civil Aviation to extend the agreement by another three months.
In June last year, the Union civil aviation ministry had directed Air India to resume the flight to Shillong after it was suspended from January 2013.
The ATR aircraft from Umroi airport used to operate five days a week, except Tuesday and Friday.