A memento of the first flight ticket and boarding pass were presented to the Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Chamling by representatives of SpiceJet airlines at Mintokgang on Friday.
SpiceJet Regional Manager(East) Bhaskar Borgohain and his team handed over the ticket for the first commercial flight from Pakyong Airport which is scheduled to be launched on October 8 this year by SpiceJet.
The first flight is scheduled from Kolkata-Pakyong and Pakyong-Kolkata.
CM expressed his interest in connecting the state to Bangkok and later furthering the connectivity to Nepal and Bhutan for the benefit of the Sikkimese people. He congratulated SpiceJet for the new beginning in the state and stated that he would look forward to a long journey in taking the state to great heights of pinnacle.