Guwahati: Regional carrier Alliance Air on Thursday launched a flight service between Dibrugarh in Assam and Tezu in Arunachal Pradesh using its Dornier 228 aircraft, a statement said.

The 17-seater aircraft, which has been made in India, will be used to operate the flights on the Dibrugarh-Tezu route thrice a week, the statement added.

The duration of the flight will be of 35 minutes, it said.

“Flight 9I405 will depart from Dibrugarh at 0825 hrs and arrive in Tezu at 0900 hrs. Flight 9I406 will depart from Tezu at 0920 hrs and arrive in Dibrugarh at 1000 hrs. An all-inclusive one-way fare will start at Rs 1,090,” it further said.

Earlier in April, the airlines launched flights on Dibrugarh-Lilabari-Pasighat-Guwahati route.

Alliance Air earlier announced that it would launch flight services connecting Assam’s Dibrugarh with five towns in Arunachal Pradesh.

In the first phase, flight services will be started on Dibrugarh-Pasighat, Dibrugarh-Tezu and Dibrugarh-Ziro routes.