Fly to New York from Chandigarh

Chandigarh: Can you fly from Chandigarh to New York ? Yes, say Air India officials.
Anyone interested in flying on a non-stop Mumbai-New York flight in a new generation Boeing 777 aircraft can do so by taking a Chandigarh-Mumbai flight of Indian without paying anything extra. The booking of baggage to the final destination and boarding passes for the Mumbai-New York flight will be issued in Chandigarh.
Transfer from the domestic terminal to the international terminal will be “seamless and hassle-free”, promise Air India officials. The fare charged will be the same as that charged from a passenger travelling from Mumbai to New York.
It is a buoyant Punjab market and the competition offered by a private airline, Jet Airways, on long-haul flights has made Air India consolidate its Punjab and Chandigarh operations besides concentrating on new hubs, including Srinagar, for expanding its base in north India.
It will be introducing from September 11 a direct flight from Amritsar to New York via London besides seven days a week a flight from Delhi to London and New York, becoming the first international carrier to directly air-link Punjab with the United States. Jet Airways has already introduced the Delhi-Brussels-New York flight and will start the Toronto-Brussels-Delhi flight early next month.
16/08/07 Prabhjot Singh/The Tribune

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