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Night flight operations starts at Srinagar airport

Wednesday, March 31, 2021

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The night flight operations started at Srinagar airport on Monday providing a major boost to the travel and hospitality sector in the Kashmir Valley.


The first direct evening flight of Indigo airline with 184 passengers onboard from Bangalore landed at Srinagar airport on March 29. Both the evening and the direct flight from a major city like Bangalore are expected to attract more tourists to the Valley.


Welcoming the development, Director Tourism Kashmir Dr. GN Itoo said that evening and direct flights from major cities will provide a major stimulus to the Valley’s tourism sector.


“We have been pursuing direct and the evening flights for a long time which has now got materialised. There are many travellers, especially business class who fly by evening flights to save time. These flights will further increase the tourists’ influx to Kashmir and boost JK’s economy,” said Dr. Itoo.


Earlier, GoAir ran a test trial for evening flights, successfully landing at Srinagar. GoAir has also announced non-stop operations from major cities including Ahmedabad.


Director Tourism Kashmir said that with the introduction of the evening flights, around 42 flights operate at Srinagar airport each day. Dr. Itoo said, “We are hopeful that more airlines will follow the suit as we are expecting good tourist footfall in coming months. We have been promoting Kashmir’s varied tourism products among travellers through our marketing campaigns across many cities of the country. We received a good response and tourists are flying in in good numbers.”


Following the easing of travel restrictions in India, Kashmir has witnessed major footfall of tourists, especially during winter months due to frequent snowfall which became a major attraction for the travelers.


The department also held many festivals and events at Srinagar, Pahalgam, Sonmarg, Doodhpathri, Badamwari besides holding around 20 roadshows in different cities in the country which encouraged the JK tourism sector in a big way!

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