More Go First flights from Amritsar airport now
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Amritsar, November 11
Go First (formerly known as GoAir) has launched six new domestic flights from Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport today. Out of these, two flights will be for Mumbai, one for Srinagar and three for New Delhi with convenient connections through its hubs in Mumbai and Delhi to/from Bengaluru, Jammu,Patna, Varanasi, Lucknow, Maldives, Goa, Ranchi, Cochin, Nagpur, Jaipur and Chennai.
Speaking on the occasion, of the first 45-minute flight, G8 2403 that took off from Amritsar to Srinagar at 12.15 pm, MP Gurjeet Singh Aujla said it would give an impetus to the economy of Amritsar. “Due to Covid, many national and international flights were cancelled, which was a major blow to the economy of Amritsar but now the resumption of these flights would boost the economy of the district,” he said.
Aujla said Amritsar being a religious place attracts a large number of pilgrims, so the closed international flights would be resumed soon. “Go First owners Mohit Kumar and Sumit Kumar had assured that international flights would be started soon. He demanded that flights to UAE , Guwahati and Sri Nanded Sahib,” he said.
Kaushik Khona, Chief Executive Officer, Go First, said: “The addition of these new stations will not only make our network robust but provides customers direct connectivity to metros and other important cities and beyond. We will continue to grow, while sustaining optimum level of customer service and efficiency.”