Jaipur : Winter schedule has come into effect at Jaipur Airport. There has been an increase in the number of flights. There has not been much increase in terms of air connectivity. This time in the winter schedule, two new flights have started operating for cities like Varanasi and Amritsar. At the same time, many cities of North India and South India are still like this. Where till now direct flights are not being operated from Jaipur. Actually, after the implementation of winter schedule at Jaipur Airport, both the airport administration and airlines companies are happy, but there is no special reason for happiness for the passengers. Because the number of flights from Jaipur airport has increased in the winter schedule. There is no significant difference in air connectivity. In the name of new air connectivity, new flights have been started only for two cities Varanasi and Amritsar. Due to the irregularities of SpiceJet Airlines, there remains confusion among the passengers regarding ticket booking in these flights.
No connectivity for Kashmir-Leh
There are no flights from Jaipur to any airport of Jammu and Kashmir. Indigo started flights to Jammu 8 years ago. The flight operations were stopped in just 6 months. Along with this, flights to Srinagar and Leh have never started from Jaipur. At the same time, no flights have started operating for Agra, Varanasi, Bareilly, Pantnagar. Along with this, there is still no air connectivity to Jaipur for many major cities of North India and South India.
Not even 1 flight for Jammu
The number of regular visitors to Maa Vaishno Devi from Jaipur is very high. Despite this, not a single flight is operated from Jaipur to Jammu. In contrast, two flights are being operated daily for Dehradun. Similarly, 3 flights are running daily from Jaipur to Chennai. Whereas there is not a single flight for Cochin and Trivandrum. A large number of devotees from Jaipur also visit Rameshwaram. But even for Madurai, the nearest airport to Rameshwaram, not a single flight is being operated from Jaipur.
Jaipur lags behind in international connectivity
Unlike domestic air connectivity, Jaipur’s condition in international air connectivity is worse. In this matter, Jaipur airport is lagging behind even its smaller airports. Only 33 flights operate daily from Amritsar Airport in Punjab. Whereas the number of flights operated from Jaipur is 68. But in terms of international air connectivity, Amritsar Airport is far ahead of Jaipur. In such a situation, Jaipur is far behind compared to Lucknow and Ahmedabad airports.
Amritsar is comparatively behind Jaipur in tourism and population. Only 7 international flights operate from Jaipur airport. Whereas the number of international flights from Amritsar airport is 11. There are 3 flights operated from Amritsar to Kuala Lumpur alone. There are flights from Amritsar to many cities like London, Singapore, Doha. In the year 2016, Scoot Airlines started flights to Singapore from Jaipur and Amritsar. Flights from Jaipur stopped in just a year. Whereas even today flights are being operated from Amritsar to Singapore. However, only 22 domestic flights operate from Amritsar. Whereas 61 domestic flights are being operated from Jaipur.
68 flights operating from Jaipur
Winter schedule has come into effect at Jaipur Airport from 27th October. Under which, 10 flights are being operated daily for Mumbai and 6-6 flights are being operated daily for the passengers of Delhi, Bengaluru and Kolkata. Similarly, 5 flights each are being operated daily for Ahmedabad and Hyderabad. Whereas 3 flights each operate daily for Pune, Chandigarh and Indore. Similarly, 2 flights each are being operated daily for Chennai, Lucknow, Udaipur and Dehradun. Whereas 1 flight each is being operated for Goa, Surat, Guwahati, Jodhpur, Bikaner, Bhopal, Belgaum, Kullu. In this winter schedule, 61 domestic flights and 7 flights to 6 foreign cities are being operated daily from Jaipur Airport to 21 cities of the country.
