More Toronto flights from Air India

Amritsar-Dubai flights by Air India Express also on cards

BY A CORRESPONDENT
March 20 2006

Air India is planning to increase the frequency of its Amritsar-Birmingham-Toronto flight to six times a week. The move comes within a few months of restarting Air India flights to Toronto. Air India says that this route has done extremely well in this period. As of now, Air India flies Amirtsar-Toronto via Birmingham three days a week.

Tuesday will be only day when Air India wont be flying this route. Air India currently flies to and from 13 airports in India.

Both Toronto and Birmingham have a big Punjabi population, which Air India hopes to tap better with the increased frequency.

The Chandigarh administration recently moved a proposal to elevate the Chandigarh airport to international status. Once it comes through, Punjabis stand to gain more i terms of international flights.

Air India is also planning to introduce an Amristar-Dubai flight through its low cost subsidiary Air India Express.It will start with four flights a week. Depending on the response, the flight frequency may be hiked later.