3rd flight to Mumbai, 10th daily flight to Delhi at airport

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, March 16

The Amritsar airport received its third flight to the tinsel town as IndiGo today launched its Mumbai-Amritsar-Mumbai flight and 10th flight to the national capital as the low-cost carrier also launched the Delhi-Amritsar-Delhi flight.

Earlier, on March 8, Vistara airlines launched its Mumbai-Amritsar-Mumbai and Delhi-Amritsar-Delhi flights.

Popularity of Amritsar-Delhi route can be gauged from the fact that already three airlines collectively operate eight flights daily on this route. The national carrier, Air India, and Jet Airways operate three flights each daily. Besides SpiceJet is flying two flights daily on the route.

A hospitality player, Piyush Kapoor, said, “There is invariably high traffic between Amritsar and Delhi as the majority of all branches of trades deal with their peers in Delhi”. In addition, a huge Sikh and Punjabi population with ties in Amritsar are settled in Delhi.

Traders dealing in dry fruit, cereals, food, FMCG, ready made garments, spices and other material frequently travel between Amritsar and Delhi.

He said, “Demand of passengers to fly on the Amritsar-Delhi sector is good and the average fair is coming down with intense competition among the airlines after the arrival of new players,” he added.

Gunbir Singh, running a tour and travel company, said there are plenty of other reasons making the circuit popular among the passengers. A large number of Sikh populace resides in Delhi and surrounding areas. They frequently visit the city to pay obeisance at Golden Temple.

Similar is the case with Mumbai. This circuit also provides convenient access to Sikh pilgrims, coming here from around the world, to also travel to Nanded Sahib, seat of one of the five holiest Takhts, which is near Mumbai.