Amritsar-Jammu flight from October 10

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, October 4

SpiceJet is set to introduce its fifth flight between Amritsar and Jammu from October 10 from the Sri Guru Ramdas Jee International Airport. It is likely to boost domestic connectivity from the local airport.

The SG3725 flight will take off from the local airport at 10:40 am and land at Jammu airport at 11:35 am. The return flight will reach the local airport at 1:05 after taking off from Jammu airport at 12:05 pm. A ticket from Amritsar to Jammu will cost around Rs2,500 and back to Amritsar nearly Rs2,000.

Over 210-km distance, between Amritsar and Jammu, takes over four hours to commute by road. By air, the travel will be completed in 55 minutes.

Well-equipped with rail, road and air infrastructure and owing to its geographical location, the city already falls in the tourist circuits of mountain tourism of both Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir. Hoteliers, tour and travel experts are of the view that the proposed flight will consolidate the presence of the holy city with the tourist circuit of Jammu and Kashmir.

A large number of visitors and local travel to Vaishno Devi cave shrine, nestled in the Trikuta hills, about 50 km, from Jammu. Initiating the flight during the navratris, the airline aims to cash in on the festive rush.

SpiceJet is already operating Amritsar-Mumbai, Amritsar-Jaipur, Amritsar-Ahmedabad and Amritsar-Delhi flights. Before the pandemic, it used to operate Amritsar-Srinagar-Amritsar flight, which is yet to resume.

Starting flight during navratris, SpiceJet aims to cash in on festive rush

• The SG3725 flight will take off from the Amritsar airport at 10:40 am and land at Jammu airport at 11:35 am
• The return flight will reach Amritsar airport at 1:05 after taking off from Jammu airport at 12:05 pm
• A ticket from city to Jammu will cost around Rs2,500 and back to Amritsar nearly Rs2,000