Indigo to start daily flight service from Amritsar to Dubai
TNN Bureau. Updated: 9/18/2018 2:57:56 PM
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Amritsar, Sep 18: The Indian carrier Indigo will start its first international daily flight from Sri Guru Ram Das Jee (SGRDJ) International airport, Amritsar to Dubai form October, 28.
Fly Amritsar Initiative Convener and Secretary Overseas, Amritsar Vikas Manch Sameep Singh Gumtala said here on Tuesday that this will be the third direct flight by the Indian carriers from Amritsar Airport for Dubai.
SpiceJet and Air India Express are successfully running their flights from here for the past few years.
In 2017 out of total 5.91 lakh travelers of direct international flights, 2.35 lakh passengers traveled on these two direct flights between Amritsar-Dubai.
All the three Indian carriers that are operating three daily flights to Dubai has no code share partnerships with any foreign airline operating from Dubai and hence, do not connect its passengers to other international destinations.
Emirates, one of the largest airlines in the World from Dubai, and its partner Fly Dubai, also wants to start flights to Amritsar, that will enable connections to more than 140 of its destinations worldwide.
But the bilateral air service agreements between the two countries do not allow Dubai airline to fly to Amritsar.
Indian Civil Aviation Ministry has said that they are not going to give permission to Dubai carriers to any new destinations in India.