Pakyong Airport (PYG), the first airport in Sikkim, an eastern Himalayan state in India that borders Bhutan, Nepal and Tibet (China), began operation on Oct. 8. The single-runway airport is located on a mountainside at an elevation of 4,500 feet.
At press time, SpiceJet (Gurgaon, India; www.spicejet.com) offered flights to Pakyong from Kolkata and Guwahati, India. Drukair Royal Bhutan Airlines (Paro, Bhutan; www.drukair.com.bt) is scheduled to begin service from Paro, Bhutan, in January 2019.
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