Come April, fly directly from Amritsar to Goa

Tribune News Service

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Amritsar, March 18

As summer schedule of airline industry starts from March 29, Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport will connect with more international and domestic destinations.

FlyAmritsar Initiative convener Sameep Singh Gumtala said according to the schedule released by airlines on their website, the holy city Airport would directly connect to eight international and 13 domestic destinations. The number of weekly flights would also go up due to the increase in frequency of flights.

Direct connect

• Indigo will start new direct flight from the city to Goa in April.
• With the addition of this route, Amritsar will be directly connected to 13 domestic destinations including Delhi, Mumbai, Srinagar, Nanded, Patna, Jaipur, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Goa and through connections to Hyderabad, Chennai and Guwahati.

“Now, Amritsar is connected to more European destinations than ever before,” said Gumtala. Under the temporary air-bubble agreements, Air India has opened bookings for one-weekly flight to Birmingham and London’s Heathrow airport till the end of October 2021. At present, airlines were operating only from Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru to London due to the new UK virus strain.

Air India has extended the booking of its one-weekly direct Amritsar-Rome flight till the end of May 2021. The airline would operate twice-weekly flights between Amritsar-Dubai till the end of October 2021 and operate one-weekly flight to Abu Dhabi.

Indigo would operate six-weekly flights to Sharjah, three flight per week to Dubai and one-weekly flight to Abu Dhabi. Spicejet has also opened bookings for five-weekly flights to Ras-Al-Khaimah.

Air India Express would also operate daily flights to Dubai and one-weekly flight to Abu Dhabi.

Indigo would start new direct flight from the city to Goa in April. With the addition of this route, Amritsar would be directly connected to 13 domestic destinations; Delhi, Mumbai, Srinagar Nanded, Patna, Jaipur, Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Goa and through connections to Hyderabad, Chennai, Guwahati, said Gumtala.