AGARTALA, April 11 (TIWN): On one hand whereas the expansion work of the Agartala Airport is going on in full swing, the initiation of the small flight service in Agartala brought relief for many people.

It is to be mentioned here that many a time during the emergency people had to wait for the many hours or a day for the booked date in the other big flights.

However, with the initiation of the small flight service in the capital would bring a sigh of relief.

Talking to TIWN correspondent on Monday, a high official of Agartala Airport stated that small flight service has already begun in Tripura.

Stressing of the issue of more flights, he mentioned that more flights of indigo was suppose to run on the airport but till day it has not been possible.

Agartala Airport is a domestic airport located 12 km northwest of the city of Agartala, the capital of the state of Tripura. It is administered by the Airports Authority of India (AAI).

The airport was designed and built in 1942 by the Maharaja of Tripura Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya Bahadur. It had one primary runway, 05/23, which is now used as a taxiway to Runway 18/36.

However, during the World War II, the airport was used by the 4th Combat Cargo Group (4th CCG) of the United States Army Air Forces Tenth Air Force, flying Curtiss C-46 Commando transport aircraft over Burma.

The airport was used as a supply point from which the unit air-dropped pallets of supplies and ammunition to the advancing Allied forces on the ground.