According to Air India officials, the flight will depart from New Delhi at 3 pm and reach Allahabad at 4.55 pm after a one-hour-and-35-minute journey.

The tentative date for the start of the new Air India regional flight is October 15, Senior Superintendent (Commercial), Air India, M M Malhotra told Newsline.

Assistant Manager, Allahabad airport, Ranjeet Kumar said: “Senior Air India officials had recently visited the airport to see its potential, and they found it ready for the new flights. But if more airlines start operation in future, the airport has to be upgraded.”

JetLite (earlier Air Sahara), the only airline that operates from this airport at present, has also decided to operate its flight between New Delhi and Allahabad on all weekdays from October.