132 flights are operated daily from 17 cities of the country to Prayagraj, in which a total of 80 thousand passengers can travel in a month. At the same time, the number of flights to be operated in the coming week will reach 226.
Mahakumbh: 14 days have passed since the Maha Kumbh started in Prayagraj, during this time more than 10 crore devotees have taken bath in Triveni. More than 40 crore devotees are expected to reach this Maha Kumbh, which will run till 26 February. In view of the crowd, Indian Railways has run hundreds of special trains for Prayagraj. In such a situation, how could the airline company stay behind.
At present, 132 flights are operated daily from 17 cities of the country to Prayagraj, in which a total of 80 thousand passengers can travel in a month. At the same time, the number of flights to be operated in the coming week will reach 226. If you are also planning to reach Prayagraj via flight, then here we have brought important information for you.
Flights available from 26 cities
Whereas in December 2024, flights were available for Prayagraj from only 8 selected cities of the country, it has now been increased to 26 cities, currently there are direct flights to Prayagraj from 17 cities of the country and connecting flights are available from 26 cities. In this, you can also book flights from cities like Srinagar and Visakhapatnam and reach Prayagraj Mahakumbh and take a bath.
Record number of passengers arrived in a day
According to the information received from Prayagraj Airport, 5000 passengers reached Prayagraj by plane on 27 January. Which is a record in itself. At the same time, a total of 30,172 passengers have reached Prayagraj by 226 flights in the last one week. At the same time, DGCA is going to increase the flight seats from 80 thousand to 1.23 lakh flight seats in February.
Akasa and SpiceJet made a plan
In view of the increasing demand for flights for Prayagraj Mahakumbh, Akasa Air is going to start flights from Ahmedabad and Bengaluru to Prayagraj from January 29. At the same time, SpiceJet is going to start flights from Delhi, Chennai, Guwahati, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Jaipur and Hyderabad to Prayagraj. At the same time, Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu has advised DGCA and airlines company to ensure adequate capacity to accommodate passengers.
