A number of established international airlines including British Airways, Air France, Lufthansa, Singapore Airlines, Thai Airways, Virgin Atlantic, Emirates, Kuwait Airways, Etihad and SriLankan operate regular flights from various parts of the world to Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport.
In a bid to make it easier for tourists and others to travel from Agra to Khajurao and the holy city of Varanasi, Air India recently launched a three times a week flight linking these cities.
The move has seen Agra coming back on to the air map of the country. In many ways, the launch of the new flight epitomises the potential that exists in North India not only for developing airports and air routes for tourism, but also for economic activities.
According to officials of the State-owned Airports Authority of India (AAI), catering to the growing demand in North India, there are 28 operational and three non-operational airports in the region.
09/01/13 Ashwini Phadnis/Business Line
