Dharamsala: Now you can travel from Chandigarh to Dharamsala or to important places in Himachal in helicopter on regular flights.

With a view to providing heli-taxi services to high-end tourists in the state, an agreement has been reached between the Department of Tourism and Civil Aviation and 3 Heli taxi providers, Simm Samm, Airways Pvt. Ltd, Shiva Heli Services and Mesco Airlines Ltd according to Director, Tourism and Civil Aviation Arun Sharma.

MESCO Airlines Ltd had proposed to operate between Chandigarh Airport-Dharamsala, Shimla-Chandigarh, Chandigarh-Shimla or Shimla Kullu, Kullu-Tandi, Tandi-Udaipur, Udaipur-Killar, Killar-Udaipur, Udaipur-Tandi (DIET), Tandi-Kullu, Kullu-Shimla or Shimla-Tabo, Shimla-Kaza, Tabo-Kaza, Kaza-Tabo, Tabo-Shimla or Shimla-Reckong Peo or Reckong Peo-Shimla.

Sharma said Simm Samm Airways Pvt. Ltd. has proposed to operate between Kullu-Manali-Koksar, Manali-Sissu-Manali-Tandi Tandi-Udaipur and Udaipur-Killar.

Shiva Heli Services would operate between Manali-Bhuntar-Manali, Manali-Rohtang Pass-Manali, Manali Valley Ferry (Joyride).