New Delhi, Akasa Air has started a direct flight to connect Gorakhpur with the national capital and Bengaluru.

Apart from Gorakhpur, the airline, which will start flights in August 2022, flies to four other cities in Uttar Pradesh – Lucknow, Varanasi, Ayodhya and Prayagraj.

The inaugural flight from Gorakhpur to Delhi was flagged off on Wednesday, the airline said in a release on Thursday.

Recently, Aqasa Air has started international services and currently, it has flights to Doha and Jeddah.