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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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