Air India launches Easy Connect hub-and-spoke flights from Varanasi, with baggage and immigration cleared at origin airport.
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India’s civil aviation sector is set to test a new hub and spoke model on the Delhi Airport (DEL) and Varanasi Airport (VNS) route, aiming to simplify passenger transfers and improve connectivity.
Air India Express (IX) will launch weekly non-stop flights between Varanasi (VNS) and Bangkok (BKK) starting February 1, 2026, expanding direct links between Thailand and Uttar Pradesh.
An IndiGo flight from Kolkata to Srinagar made a precautionary landing at Varanasi after a suspected fuel leak alert.
Tata-owned Low-Cost Carrier (LCC) Air India Express (IX) will launch new non-stop flights between Mumbai and Varanasi in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
Yogi Adityanath, the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, had to make an emergency landing in Varanasi on Sunday after a bird struck his helicopter.
Mamata Banerjee, the Chief Minister of West Bengal, stated on Monday that the plane she was on her way back to Kolkata from Varanasi