India’s largest airline Indigo has launched nonstop flights between Hyderabad and Srinagar for the first time.
Srinagar connection
Indigo will operate 4-weekly flights between Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport and Srinagar’s Sheikh Ul Alam International Airport. The flights will be operated with the following schedule:
- Hyderabad-Srinagar
- Departure time: 06:15
- Arriving time: 09:15
- Flight time: 3 hours
- Flight number: 6E6405
- Frequency: Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays
- Srinagar-Hyderabad
- Departure time: 09:45
- Arriving time: 12:45
- Flight time: 3 hours
- Flight number: 6E6406
- Frequency: Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays
Flights will be operated by the airline’s Airbus A320 family aircraft. With the addition of Hyderabad-Srinagar route, Indigo now serves Srinagar from Delhi, Mumbai, Amritsar, Chandigarh, Jammu, Lucknow, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru and Hyderabad.
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Monopoly
Indigo is the only airline flying between Hyderabad and Srinagar nonstop. This means that the airline for now enjoys a monopoly on the route.
Meanwhile, Indigo recently launched flights from Darbhanga, Bihar. The airline will operate daily flights to Hyderabad and Kolkata from the city. The airline has also announced a new route between Lucknow and Doha and is offering 10% discount to vaccinated passengers.
Featured image by Twitter/Indigo
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