Agartala: IndiGo referred as a budget airline on Wednesday launched daily direct flights on the Agartala-New Delhi-Agartala route to facilitate passengers from the northeastern state to go to Delhi without any stopover in Kolkata and Guwahati. The flight was flagged by Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb who said that in five years Rs 8,000 crore would be invested in infrastructure projects in Tripura.

In a twitter post, Biplab Kumar Deb said, "Attended the launching programme of 'Daily Direct Flight Between Agartala to Delhi' at MBB Airport, Agartala.I believe this daily direct flight between #Agartala and Delhi will boost our Tourism, Business sectors, Education and Healthcare sectors." [sic].