Ludhiana: Bengaluru-based private airlines Jetsmart on Monday announced that it will start operations on the Ludhiana-Delhi route from Sahnewal airport beginning September 1. The airline will offer services twice a day on all days except Saturday and Sunday.
“The air connectivity from Ludhiana to Delhi was a long- pending demand of industrialists here. The duration of flight would be of 75 minutes,” said Angad Dhaliwal, business development head, Jetsmart. The airline will ply its eight-seater Beechcraft B200 King Air aircraft that has seven business class seats and one economy class.
While the development marks a reversal in fortunes for the airport, city residents are sceptical. Earlier, in 2010, Air India started an ATR aircraft from Ludhiana-Delhi but discontinued it in May 2014, citing erratic bookings, low passenger volume, inadequate facilities at the airport, among other reasons.
The airport does not have night landing facility and a 1.5-km runway is too small for a big aircraft.
23/08/16 Divya Goyal/Indian Express
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“The air connectivity from Ludhiana to Delhi was a long- pending demand of industrialists here. The duration of flight would be of 75 minutes,” said Angad Dhaliwal, business development head, Jetsmart. The airline will ply its eight-seater Beechcraft B200 King Air aircraft that has seven business class seats and one economy class.
While the development marks a reversal in fortunes for the airport, city residents are sceptical. Earlier, in 2010, Air India started an ATR aircraft from Ludhiana-Delhi but discontinued it in May 2014, citing erratic bookings, low passenger volume, inadequate facilities at the airport, among other reasons.
The airport does not have night landing facility and a 1.5-km runway is too small for a big aircraft.
23/08/16 Divya Goyal/Indian Express
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