The high end configured Air conditioned helicopter with medical facilities and has a sitting capacity for 13 passengers was officially flagged off from Dimapur Airport today by Nagaland Minister for Transport, Civil Aviation Railways and Land Resources, P. Paiwang Konyak.

With the induction of the additional helicopter, the Helicopter service in Nagaland will now be operating on 19 routes from the present 10 routes. 75 percent subsidy would be entitled only to common passengers and Medical evacuation cases. VIPs and bureaucrats/ government servants will not be entitled for subsidies as per the directive from the Ministry of Home Affairs.