To enhance the connectivity in north India, Alliance Air will restart its maiden Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) route Delhi-Shimla-Delhi from 26 September, 2022.

As informed by a news report from HT, with this the airline will expand its network in Himachal Pradesh so that commuters can fly to Delhi-Shimla-Delhi daily, Alliance Air said in a statement.

“With the vision of connecting New India, it is our endeavour to offer better air connectivity between Tier-2 / Tier-3 towns to their closest city hubs. Keeping with this endeavour, Alliance Air expands connectivity in North India by recommencing its maiden RCS route Delhi-Shimla-Delhi, which will operate daily effective 26 September 2022,” said Yash Vardhan Singh, deputy engineer, Alliance Air.

It further revealed that the flight shall operate with ATR42-600 aircraft. Earlier the recommencement of this flight was scheduled on 6 September 2022 but due to bad weather conditions the flight could not commence operations, it said.

The airline further informed that the fare of the flight tickets is INR2,141(approx. USD 26.40) and said that the Delhi to Shimla flight will run at 7.10 am while the flight from Shimla to Delhi will run at 8.50am daily.

“The flight 9I 821 will depart from Delhi at 0710 hrs and arrive in Shimla at 0820 hrs. Flight 9I 822 will depart from Shimla at 0850 hrs and arrive in Delhi at 1000 hrs. The introductory all-inclusive Fares for Delhi-Shimla and Shimla-Delhi will be INR 2141,” it said.