Shimla, Jan. 20 -- After four-months hiatus triggered by the expiration of contract with Alliance Air, the Himachal cabinet on Monday allowed the Alliance Air Aviation Limited to operate 46 seater aircraft on Delhi-Shimla-Delhi and Shimla-Dharamshala-Shimla routes under the UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) scheme.

The flight will operate for seven days in a week. The suspension was triggered after the memorandum of understanding between the state government and the airlines expired on September 24. The UDAN flights are operated by Alliance Air, the only airline providing services from Jubbarhatti Airport (Shimla). Its suspension had brought the air connectivity to Shimla to a halt.

The approval was given in a cabinet meeting under the chai...