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Pradeep Kumar

09/05/21 11:25 AM IST

World War II airport in Assam becomes operational

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The World War II Rupsi airport in Assam, which lay defunct since 1984, became operational with the landing of a commercial flight of the Flybig airline.

Significance
  • The operationalisation of Rupsi Airport will help boost the local economy of the Bodoland area and provide better connectivity to air travellers of Dhubri and adjacent districts of Bongaigaon, Kokarajhar, Goalpara as well as districts in the neighbouring states of Meghalaya, West Bengal and parts of Bhutan.
  • The airline will operate flights on the Guwahati-Rupsi-Kolkata route four days a week Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.
  • The regular flight services were launched under the RCS-UDAN programme of the Government of India. 
  • The newly built runway is suitable for landing ATR-72 type aircraft.
Background
  • The airport was constructed by the British during World War II to supply arms, manpower and ammunition to the Allied forces.
  • The US Air Force had used it in the China-Burma-India theater.
  • Regional airline Vayudoot operated in the 1980s but withdrew the services in 1984. 
Source: The Hindu

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