Air India will flag off its first flight between Dehradun and Lucknow fromDehradun'sJollygrant Airport on May 2.

Chief minister Vijay Bahuguna said decision to introduce a flight between the two state capitals was taken two days after Union civil aviation ministry gave a nod to a joint proposal given by Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and the ministry's officials a couple of weeks ago. Bahuguna said proposal was finally cleared after he visited Delhi last week.

This will be the first flight between Dehradun and Lucknow afterUttarakhand was created on November 9, 2000. Bahuguna said theDehradun-Lucknow flight will help boost tourism in Uttarakhand as domestic and foreign tourists will be able to fly to Dehradun from Lucknow.

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