Bilga Air steps in to replace Air India’s flights to Amritsar

A new airline has stepped forward to fill Air Indias shoes by offering flights to the sub-continent from Birmingham International Airport.
Bilga Air will fly from the Midlands to Amritsar in Northern India - home of the Golden Temple in the Punjab - twice a week from October 9.
The announcement follows Air Indias shock decision last week to pull the plug on its Birmingham to Amritsar route in order to protects its valuable slots at Heathrow Airport.
Named after a famous historical village - significant to followers of Sikhism - Bilga Airs flights will be operated by UK Charter Airline Monarch.
Although its schedule will vary at different times of the year, its flights will mainly operate on Sunday and Monday evenings. While some will have a technical stop for fuelling en-route, more than 90 per cent will operate non-stop.
A spokeswoman for the airport said the introduction of the airline would not affect Air Indias slot if it intended to return in the spring and that passengers would have the choice of flying to India with either airline.
16/09/08 Rhona Ganguly/Birmingham Post, UK

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