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SpiceJet to launch Amritsar-Dubai flight from today

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Amritsar, November 14

SpiceJet is set to launch its Amritsar-Dubai flight from tomorrow while Scoot Airline, a no-frills unit of Singapore Airlines,  is expected to start operation of its Singapore-Amritsar-Singapore flight and Turkish Airline is also looking for starting a direct Instanbul-Amritsar-Instanbul flight by next year. 

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After the exit of various flights linking Amritsar with international destinations, Amritsar international Airport is once again looking for more international connectivity because many national and international airlines are evaluating options to open new circuits from here. 

Sri Guru Ramdas Jee International Airport Advisory Committee member Gunbir Singh said Singapore- based Scoot Airline and Turkish Airline were planning to start operations from the Amritsar airport. He added that the Amritsar airport was on the agenda of these airlines and a final decision was yet to be taken.

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“It is indeed heartening that the holy city is yet again on the radar of international airlines for direct connectivity with important destinations,” he said. 

He said he had recently met CEO, Scoot Airline, and came to know that it is also considering flying between Amritsar-Singapore with a plane from its young fleet. This will enable students and visitors to travel to and from Australia, South-east Asia, China, Hong Kong as well as West coast of America and Canada.

This flight could consolidate connectivity to East Asia as Malindo Air had launched Kualalumpur-Amritsar flight on October 25. 

Earlier, Singapore Airlines had launched thrice a week Amritsar-Singapore flight on October 1, 2004. The service ran well for around five years before it was discontinued in early 2009.

The prospect of Turkish Airline is most interesting as with it a huge network through Istanbul would open up possibilities to the West and Middle East. 

The Punjabi diaspora of Indian origin settled in the the UK, Canada and North America will be in an advantageous position with the opening of the Istanbul route because they could conveniently take connecting flights from there (Instanbul) to Toronto, Vancouver, London and other destinations in the USA. 

Air India had discontinued the Amritsar-Birmingham-Toronto flight, which used to witness over 90 per cent occupancy, on October 31, 2010. Since then, no flight has successfully replaced it. 

Amritsar airport director Venkateshwar Rao said officials of Scoot Airline were expected to visit the airport next month. He added that various airlines were weighing options to launch their operations depending upon profitability. 

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