AMRITSAR: Government of India has refused to restart direct flights from Sri Guru Ram Das Jee International Airport Amritsar. In a press statement, Dr. Charanjit Singh Gumtala, patron Amritsar Vikas Manch stated that he wrote letters to prime minister Sh. Narinder Modi and finance minister Mr. Arun Jaitley, to restore Amritsar-Birmingham flight and Amritsar-London flight.
Now these flights are incurring great loss after diverting to Delhi. At present these flight do not carry air cargo. If there are direct flights vegetables, flowers, fruits will be exported from Punjab, Himachal Pradesh. Amritsar airport will also earn huge money by these 2 flights which is in loss of Rs 61.13 crore. Punjabis living abroad will also feel comfortable .But in reply to these letters, ministry of civil aviation stated, “Air India currently offers the following services ex-Amritsar to UK Amritsar- Delhi-London vv: 7 flights/week Amritsar- Delhi- Birmingham vv : 7 flights/week Air India is a network carrier and caters to the major source markets such as Amritsar through a Hub and spoke pattern of operations. Air India has its hub at Delhi and connects traffic through this hub to various domestic and international destinations on its network.
Read news in full 07/08/15 Punjab News Express
Now these flights are incurring great loss after diverting to Delhi. At present these flight do not carry air cargo. If there are direct flights vegetables, flowers, fruits will be exported from Punjab, Himachal Pradesh. Amritsar airport will also earn huge money by these 2 flights which is in loss of Rs 61.13 crore. Punjabis living abroad will also feel comfortable .But in reply to these letters, ministry of civil aviation stated, “Air India currently offers the following services ex-Amritsar to UK Amritsar- Delhi-London vv: 7 flights/week Amritsar- Delhi- Birmingham vv : 7 flights/week Air India is a network carrier and caters to the major source markets such as Amritsar through a Hub and spoke pattern of operations. Air India has its hub at Delhi and connects traffic through this hub to various domestic and international destinations on its network.
Read news in full 07/08/15 Punjab News Express
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