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January, 9 (Punjab Post Bureau) – India’s largest passenger airline Indigo started the year 2021 with some good news 
for travelers between Pune and Amritsar, Punjab. From 5th Jan the airline has started daily flights between Amritsar and Pune with a short halt at Delhi.
The Global Convener of FlyAmritsar Initiative, Sameep Singh Gumtala informed that according to the schedule released on its website, the booking of this flight is available till the end of winter season i.e., 27th March 2021. The flight operatingas Indigo #6E286 departs from Amritsar at 15:45 pm reaching Pune in the evening at 7:35 pm by taking a 45 minutes halt at Delhi. From Pune to Amritsar, flight #6E602 will depart in the morning at 10:10 am, reaching Amritsar in the afternoon at 14:50 pm with a 1 hr. 10 min at Delhi.
The total outbound flight time from Amritsar to Pune will be 3 hours 50 minutes, whereas the outbound flight time will be 4 hr. 40 min. including the time for halt at Delhi. During this short halt, passengers will not need to deboard the aircraft but passengers with final destination at Delhi will get off or new passengers for either Amritsar or Pune will board the flight.
Gumtala said that this new connectivity will ease travel between the two cities especially for the people of Punjab working in the IT related jobs in Pune, also considered as the second biggest IT hub in India. Also, a large number of tourists from the second largest city in Maharashtra will be able to travel conveniently to Amritsar, to pay obeisance at The Golden Temple and see other attractions.
Many have been messaging us on our social media platform requesting us to reach out to airlines for direct connectivity between the two cities and we have been writing about this to various airlines. We are hopeful that a good response to this one-stop flight with a short halt may also result in direct flights between the twocities in future by Indigo or anotherairline carrier, said Gumtala.
In addition to Delhi and Mumbai, Amritsar is also currently directly connected to Kolkata, Bengaluru, Patna, Nanded and Srinagar.
