Agra: The city’s tourism industry has welcomed Union civil aviation minister Hardeep Singh Puri’s announcement of seven new flights to the city in Lok Sabha.
Responding to a question by Agra MP S P Singh Baghel on Friday, the minister announced that Indigo Airlines will start flights connecting Agra with Varanasi, Bengaluru, Bhopal and Lucknow by December this year. He also assured Agra’s tourism industry that its long-pending demand for better air connectivity between the Taj city and major destinations would be addressed soon.
Puri added flights to Delhi (Spicejet), Jaipur (Alliance Air) and Mumbai (Jet Airways) will be finalised after rebidding for the routes.
Welcoming the announcement, K C Jain, the secretary of the citizen’s forum Agra Development Foundation, said this initiative would promote tourism and industrial prospects of Agra. “Long-distance air connectivity would be a great success,” said Jain, adding that a new concourse for civilians must be built at the earliest, to remove hiccups faced by airlines and passengers having to pass through what is essentially an Air Force station.
04/08/19 Anuja Jaiswal/Times of India
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Responding to a question by Agra MP S P Singh Baghel on Friday, the minister announced that Indigo Airlines will start flights connecting Agra with Varanasi, Bengaluru, Bhopal and Lucknow by December this year. He also assured Agra’s tourism industry that its long-pending demand for better air connectivity between the Taj city and major destinations would be addressed soon.
Puri added flights to Delhi (Spicejet), Jaipur (Alliance Air) and Mumbai (Jet Airways) will be finalised after rebidding for the routes.
Welcoming the announcement, K C Jain, the secretary of the citizen’s forum Agra Development Foundation, said this initiative would promote tourism and industrial prospects of Agra. “Long-distance air connectivity would be a great success,” said Jain, adding that a new concourse for civilians must be built at the earliest, to remove hiccups faced by airlines and passengers having to pass through what is essentially an Air Force station.
04/08/19 Anuja Jaiswal/Times of India
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