Although Air India announced re-launching the flights to Birmingham from Amritsar via Delhi, but the demands of Punjabis for starting direct flights from Amritsar were not met with, citing the reason that hub and spoke policy of Air India does not support the same. Many complaints were moved by the…Read More
Emirates one of the biggest airlines in the World released the study titled “Emirates in India – Assessment of Economic Impact and Regional Briefs”. This study highlights the benefits with an economic impetus to the cities of Amritsar, Pune, Manglore and Trichy and suggest that Emirates expansion to the above…Read More
The present pity state of Amritsar Airport highlighted by various political leaders like Manohar Singh Gill, Former Minister & MP Rajya Sabha, Member Parliament Shwait Malik, MP Rajya Sabha, Gurjeet Singh Aujla, MP Lok Sabha and Navjot Singh Sidhu, who have clearly stated that the Amritsar Airport has suffered a…Read More
Many cities across Australia including Melbourne, Sydney, Perth and Gold Coast will now be connected directly to Amritsar. In the coming months, there will be more convenient connections between Amritsar and Australia, with three airlines now likely to directly link this route. The newest addition to this route will be…Read More
FlySpiceJet brings another New Year 2019 Gift for the Punjabis. Dehradun becomes 9th domestic and 17th overall Airport to be directly connected with Sri Guru Ram Das Jee International Airport Amritsar… with Direct Non-Stop flights starting Jan 20, 2019. ਸਪਾਈਸਜੈਟ ਵੱਲੋਂ ਪੰਜਾਬੀਆਂ ਲਈ ਨਵਾਂ ਸਾਲ 2019 ਦਾ ਤੋਹਫ਼ਾ। ਦੇਹਰਾਦੂਨ ਨੋਵਾਂ…Read More
After the year 2010, due to the cancellation and diversion of international flights, the Amritsar Airport went into loss that increased up to Rs. 50 crores. The major reason for the loss is that the Airport earns mainly from the parking, landing charges and user development fee of international flights…Read More
All of a sudden, many international flights from the Airport by govt. run Air India and private run Jet Airways either cancelled their flights or diverted the same via Delhi to benefit the newly constructed private airport at Delhi. Air India also announced a policy that all its international flights…Read More
Air India discontinued its flights to Toronto via Birmingham due to the fear of losing a slot at London and changed the route from Birmingham to London. Even with the route change, the daily traffic from Amritsar to Toronto remained unaffected thus, showing the high potential of passengers for international…Read More
The integrated terminal building with an investment of more than Rs.150 crores equipped with modern facilities like inline x-ray, baggage inspection, conveyor system, flight information display system, Common Use Terminal Equipment and CCTV was inaugurated. The new terminal building is a blend of modern and Indian designs, constructed in glass…Read More
With more than a dozen flights operating in the said year the total number of passengers handled by the Airport nearly touched 6 lacs out of which approximately 5 lacs passengers were international passengers. In just four years, the passenger growth at the airport was nearly 3½ times, which made…Read More
The departure section of Amritsar Airport was operational. Jet Airways also started its direct flights from Amritsar Airport to London. These two flights along with Singapore Airlines also boosted the Cargo business.
Air India started direct international flights from Amritsar to Birmingham with onward journey to Toronto. This flight also became the most successful flight for the national carrier.
With the success of Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan Airlines, Singapore Airlines started direct Airlines from Singapore providing onward connection to Vancouver, Los Angeles, San Francisco etc. Even a cargo terminal was constructed by AAI in an area of 2256 sq.meter which has 80 tons capacity cold rooms, advance x-ray machine and proposal…Read More
Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan Airlines started operations from Amritsar to Ashgabat, Tashkent, which got a very good response from Punjabi community as these airlines were providing connections to London, Birmingham, Frankfurt, and Milan from its hub.
The old terminal building of Amritsar Airport was inaugurated after renovating it.
Air India started direct international flight from Amritsar to Birmingham (U.K.) with a stop at Moscow and this flight became so popular that it was termed as no.1 flight for Air India, but unfortunately Air India stopped its operation at Amritsar Airport due to 1984 Operation Blue Star.
Direct international flights started from Amritsar to Kabul.
The Airstrip of Amritsar Rajasansi Airport was established during the British tenure and this airport was used for VVIP movements. After independence, it got connected with cities like Delhi and Srinagar.
