Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Wednesday (July 23, 2025) requested the Central authorities to expedite the execution of issues surrounding the State’s civil aviation sector.

In a letter to Union Minister of Civil Aviation Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu, the Chief Minister has urged the Ministry to suggest the proposed growth of the airport within the State’s Kangra to the Ministry of Finance and the Prime Minister’s Workplace for ‘Particular Central Help’.

He additionally added that the techno-economic feasibility report of Kangra Airport also needs to be reviewed for arriving at a practical evaluation of value by the Airport Authority of India (AAI) because it was on the increased facet. Moreover, Kangra Airport, which is the most important and busiest airport in Himachal Pradesh, ought to be outfitted with night time touchdown amenities, he added.

Mr. Sukhu additionally requested the Ministry to offer a second apron at Shimla airport appropriate for operations of ATR 42/600 sort of plane, which, he asserted, would go a good distance in growing the flight operations and assist a number of flight operations from Shimla Airport. He additionally requested for resuming each day flight operations on the Shimla-Dharamshala-Shimla sector by Alliance Air Ltd.