Air India and Air India Express will shift all their flight operations at Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International (LGBI) airport in Guwahati from Terminal 1 to the newly inaugurated Terminal 2 starting March 16.
With the transition, the two airlines will together operate 38 daily flights from the new terminal.
According to an official airline release, “Air India and Air India Express will be operating all their flights to and from the newly inaugurated Terminal 2 of Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport in Guwahati from 16 March.”
The release further stated, “The first Air India flight to land at the new terminal will be AI879 from Delhi, and the return flight AI880 will be Air India’s first departure from T2 Guwahati Airport to Delhi. Air India Express flight IX1517 from Kolkata will be its first flight to touch down at the new terminal, and the same flight’s onward journey to Imphal will be Air India Express’s first flight to depart from T2, Guwahati Airport.”
Currently, Air India operates two daily return flights between Delhi and Guwahati, while Air India Express runs 17 daily flights connecting Guwahati to Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Dibrugarh, Dimapur, Hyderabad, Imphal, Jaipur, and Kolkata.
The release also noted, “The ground teams of Air India and Air India Express will extend all support and assistance to the guests at the new terminal.”
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At present, the LGBI airport links 21 domestic destinations and three international routes – Bangkok, Paro and Singapore and handles over 130 aircraft traffic movements daily.
Built at an estimated cost of Rs 4,000 crore, the Integrated Terminal-2 is designed to accommodate approximately 13.1 million passengers annually, significantly enhancing the airport’s capacity.
The expanded capacity is expected to further strengthen Guwahati’s position as a key aviation hub connecting the North-East region with mainland India and Southeast Asia.
