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IndiGo will begin operating direct flights between Guwahati and Deoghar from August 4, 2026, the airline has confirmed.
The new route will run twice a week, on Tuesdays and Fridays, linking Northeast India to the pilgrimage town of Deoghar in Jharkhand.
Per the published schedule, flight 6E 7709 departs Guwahati at 9:25 am and reaches Deoghar at 11:20 am, while the return flight 6E 7710 departs Deoghar at 11:40 am and arrives in Guwahati at 1:35 pm.
IndiGo said all timings are local and subject to regulatory approval, with tickets available through its website, mobile app and authorised travel partners.
Deoghar Airport lies about 9 km from the Baba Baidyanath Dham temple, one of the twelve Jyotirlingas in Hinduism, and the new flight is expected to help pilgrims travelling from Assam and elsewhere in the Northeast.
The direct connection does away with the need for connecting flights between the two regions, though the twice-weekly schedule offers less flexibility than daily service.
Twice-weekly frequency limits scheduling flexibility compared with daily services, a constraint that could be tested during peak pilgrimage periods such as the Hindu month of Shrawan, when visitor numbers to Baidyanath Dham surge sharply.
IndiGo currently operates one of the largest domestic route networks in India, and periodically adds smaller regional routes connecting religious and tourist destinations that lack direct air links to major cities.
Deoghar Airport began commercial operations in recent years as part of a wider push by India’s civil aviation ministry to improve connectivity to smaller cities and pilgrimage centres under its regional connectivity scheme.
Guwahati’s Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport serves as the main aviation hub for Assam and much of Northeast India, connecting the region to major domestic and select international destinations.
Deoghar Airport, located about 9 km from the Baba Baidyanath Dham temple, was built primarily to ease pilgrim access to the Jyotirlinga shrine, one of twelve such sites revered in Hinduism.
Photo by Md Shaifuzzaman Ayon, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
