Passenger plane lands in Sikkim for the first time ever
A 78-seater SpiceJet plane became the first-ever commercial flight to land on Sikkim's soil on Saturday. The SpiceJet Bombardier Q400 plane took off from Kolkata at 10.30 am and successfully landed at Pakyong Airport, 32 km away from Sikkim's capital Gangtok, at 11.45 am. Officials from DGCA and Airports Authority of India (AAI) Board were onboard the flight.