Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Private airline Akasa Air has announced plans to start flight operations connecting Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh with Delhi and Bengaluru from May 29. Specifically, after receiving approval from the Airports Authority of India
Online booking of tickets for the schedule has started, an official release said on Tuesday. With Akasa Air flights, the distance from Gorakhpur to Delhi will be covered in just 1 hour 15 minutes, while the distance from Gorakhpur to Bengaluru will be covered in 2 hours 35 minutes. As per the schedule, from May 29, the flight from Gorakhpur to Delhi will depart at 2:45 pm and reach Delhi at 4:00 pm. On the contrary, the flight from Delhi to Gorakhpur will depart at 4:55 PM and reach Gorakhpur airport at 6:45 PM.Similarly, flights to Bengaluru will also start from May 29. The Akasa flight from Bengaluru will depart at 11:15 AM and reach Gorakhpur at 2:05 PM. In contrast, flights from Gorakhpur to Bengaluru will depart at 7:20 pm and land in Bengaluru at 9:55 pm. In view of the commencement of these services between Gorakhpur as well as Delhi and Bengaluru from May 29, Akasa Air has started online booking for tickets, notably, Alliance Air and IndiGo already operate flights on this route. are doing. Akas also has expectations about the Mumbai flight service starting soon. Additionally, IndiGo is also preparing to launch flights between Gorakhpur and Bengaluru in the next two months, the release said.According to the release, airport director RK Parashar said that with more airlines starting flight services, there will be increased competition in fares, which will ultimately benefit the passengers. They will get the opportunity to travel at low fares. The increase in air services has brought Gorakhpur much closer to cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Hyderabad and Bengaluru. Be it for essential purposes or leisure trips, the distance to these cities is covered in just a few hours. Earlier, travel to these cities used to take 16 to 36 hours, the release said.