Overview
- The agreement was signed during Uttarakhand’s statehood silver-jubilee event at the Forest Research Institute in Dehradun in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
- AAI will assume operations at the Pithoragarh airport with plans to upgrade facilities and align procedures to national aviation standards.
- Officials project improved regional air links that increase access to the Kumaon region and open opportunities in tourism, trade, education, healthcare, and hospitality.
- Authorities also cite strengthened disaster-response capability for the strategic Himalayan zone as a key objective.
- The facility covers roughly 70 acres, with a 40-passenger peak terminal and apron space for two Code 2B aircraft, and it already has scheduled links to Delhi, Dehradun, Pantnagar, and Haldwani.