April 12 has gone down in the annals of the country’s civil aviation industry with a made-in-India aircraft, the Dornier-228, taking to the skies on its maiden commercial flight to Arunachal Pradesh from Assam. With Tuesday’s flight, Alliance Air has become India’s first commercial airline to fly the Indian-made aircraft for civil operations.
Dornier-228 aircraft has been used by the armed forces till now.
Union Minister for Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya Scindia took to Twitter to announce the launch of the first-ever commercial services by the Dornier aircraft and termed it as a historic day for the northeast and India. “This will connect the airstrips of Arunachal Pradesh with Assam, and soon with other regions. Indeed, a new chapter in India’s “Look East” policy!” the minister said.
