Imphal: The first international chartered flight from Myanmar landed Thursday at the Tulihal international airport in the Manipur capital here carrying two chief ministers from the neighbouring country.
A plane from private airline The Golden Myanmar landed at the Tulihal airport with over 100 passengers, including Mandalay region's Chief Minister Ye Myint and his Sagaing region counterpart Tha Aye onboard to attend the annual Sangai festival in Manipur.
Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh and his cabinet colleagues received the Myanmarese delegates at the Tulihal international airport.
"It was a historic occasion for Myanmar and Manipur to be connected by air. We are hopeful that we would soon have regular air connectivity with Manipur to further improve our trade and bilateral relations," Myint said after he embarked from the plane.
On Oct 30, the Indian government had declared Tulihal an international airport.
The Manipur government is now exploring the possibility of direct flights to Myanmar.
"We are already in a dialogue with (private Indian airline) Indigo to start a service between Tulihal and Yangon," said Principal Secretary (Commerce and Industries) Nabakishore Singh.
