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       Domestic Air Travel                     Domestic Airlines
                                               The national carrier Air
       Although more expensive than travelling by train, air    India offers the largest
       travel in India is the most comfortable and convenient   number of routes and the
       mode of travel, especially considering the huge distances   most frequent connections
       between the major cities. There are as many as 81 domestic   across the country. Three
                                               major private airlines – Jet
       airports in India, many of which offer good services in   Airways, Indigo and SpiceJet
       terms of both technology and customer facilities. The main   Airlines – also connect a
       cities of Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai are very well   number of cities. Indigo offers
       connected to all domestic airports within the country. The   domestic flights to almost
       national carrier, the government-run Air India, offers the   all sectors in India. A few
                                               regional airlines, such as
       widest choice of routes and the most frequent services. If   Air Costa, Air Pegasus and
       you have booked internal flights before leaving for India,    Zav Airways, with limited
       it is highly recommended to reconfirm on arrival. Flight   operations within India, fly
       cancellations and delays due to bad weather conditions in   short feeder routes. Baggage
       the deep of winter (Dec–Jan) are common, so remember to   allowance is 15 kg (33 lb)
       reconfirm not just your ticket but the flight timing as well.  for business class and 20 kg
                                               (44 lb) for economy class.




                                          Principal Domestic Air Routes
                     Srinagar  Leh
                   Jammu
                          Kangra
                                                0 kilometres  600
                  Amritsar
                           Chandigarh          0 miles  300
                             Dehra Dun
                        DELHI                               Dibrugarh
                                                     Tezpur
                     Jaipur  Agra  Lucknow     Bagdogra     Jorhat
               Jodhpur                            Guwahati  Dimapur
                             Gwalior       Patna     Silchar  Imphal
                Udaipur              Varanasi     Agartala
                               Khajuraho
          Bhuj                                           Aizawl
               Ahmedabad  Indore       Ranchi
              Rajkot       Bhopal  Jabalpur
        Jamnagar                                 KOLKATA
                   Vadodara
            Bhavnagar
                              Nagpur  Raipur
                    Aurangabad               Bhubaneswar
              MUMBAI
                     Pune
                                        Visakhapatnam
                        Hyderabad
                                               Bay of
                Dabolim                        Bengal
        Arabian
          Sea             Puttaparthi
                                Tirupati
                 Mangalore
                         Bengaluru  CHENNAI
                                                            Port Blair
                   Kozhikode
             Agatti
                     Coimbatore  Tiruchirapalli
                      Kochi  Madurai
                Thiruvananthapuram




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