Chandigarh-Dubai flight to resume from March 14

Mohali, March 11

Under the air bubble arrangement with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Chandigarh International Airport Limited (CHIAL) will resume its Dubai flight from March 14.

Indigo Airlines will operate its flight four days a week — Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. The flight will be operated under the air bubble arrangement till March 26. It will arrive at 6.20 am and depart at 9.15 pm with the one-side fare of around Rs10,000.

Chief Executive Officer, CHAIL, Rakesh Dembla said Indigo Airlines was resuming its flight from March 14 to March 26 under the air bubble arrangement, after which it would be a regular flight as all international flights would resume from March 27.

At present, only Air India Express is operating an international flight to Sharjah twice a week — Tuesday and Friday — from the city airport.

At present, 56 flights operational at airport

Currently, there are 56 flights (both arrivals and departures) from the city airport to various destinations, including Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Delhi, Lucknow, Mumbai, Kullu, Srinagar, Patna, Jaipur, Dharamsala, Leh, Goa, Pune, Ahmedabad and Kolkata. There is a plan to increase domestic flights from 56 to 76 (both arrivals and departures). With this, most of the country will be covered from Chandigarh. In October, the city airport is likely to start a direct flight to London, which will be of a huge relief for the Punjabi diaspora in the UK and the local industry.