With this new development, the flight activity stands at a total of ten departures or 20 movements of five different airlines from Chandigarh.  

“The target of 20 movements has been achieved with the introduction of two flights by Kingfisher today. The long-awaited flight to Jammu and Srinagar is finally being offered to the residents of the tricity,” said Airport Director Sunil Dutt. 

The 66-seater plane took off with 35 passengers for Jammu today at its scheduled departure time of 9.30 am while the other flight for Delhi was boarded by 25 passengers, which left the city at 3.30 pm.

The one-hour air journey between Chandigarh and Jammu is covered at a minimum fare of Rs 2,879 and that of Chandigarh-Srinagar is covered within two-and-a-half hours at a minimum fare of Rs 2,829. Both the fares are inclusive of taxes.

The new flight to Delhi has been introduced almost two hours prior to the existing flight. It took off at 3.30 from Chandigarh and reached Delhi within an hour while the existing flight departs at 5.35 pm and reaches Delhi at 6.30 pm.  

Though the same aircraft will cover both the destinations, the extra demand for Delhi would be met as the same aircraft from Srinagar would depart at 12.30 noon and reach Chandigarh at 3.00 pm and consequently depart for Delhi at 3:30 pm.   

There is, however, no confirmation yet of the MDLR Airlines flight from Chandigarh to Jamshedpur. “Though the flight has been started from Delhi, it could not be introduced from Chandigarh due to some operational problems,” said the airport staff of the airline.