Dharamshala, July 7 -- Chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Monday virtually inaugurated the helicopter services, on a daily basis, between Mandi-Chandigarh and Kullu-Mandi-Chandigarh. The Mandi-Chandigarh helicopter service would be operated under the Government of India's Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS-UDAN), while the Kullu-Mandi-Chandigarh sector would be operated by Heritage Aviation Pvt. Ltd. on a Non-RCS (market-based) model. The helicopter service from Kullu will start at 9.00 am and reach Mandi at 9.10 am, then it would depart from Mandi at 9.15 am and arrive Chandigarh at 9.45 am. From Chandigarh, the helicopter would fly at 10 am and reach Mandi at 10.30 am and from Mandi it would undertake sortie at 10.35 am and arrive at Kullu at 10.45 am. The services would operate from the newly developed Kangnidhar (Mandi) Heliport. Under the RCS-UDAN Scheme, the indicative airfare for the Mandi-Chandigarh sector has been fixed at Rs.3500, whereas the indicative fare for the Kullu-Mandi-Chandigarh sector is Rs.8500 Kangnidhar (Mandi) heliport, developed with modern passenger amenities and the requisite operational infrastructure, would serve as an important aviation hub for the central region of the state.htc...