Kingfisher flights chennai

New Delhi: India’s airlines are charting new routes to connect neglected, smaller cities that have some tourist or business potential, as the economy brightens and passenger numbers rise.

Kingfisher Airlines chennai , India’s second largest in marketing share, has started flights between Chennai and the in Tamil Nadu, and Jharkhand’s capital Ranchi and Chhattisgarh’s capital Raipur recently.

Kingfisher has also received permission to start services to Kingfisher Uttarakhand’s Pantnagar from Kingfisher New Delhi flights. Pantnagar, besides being close to several tourist destinations, is also a hub for many factories, including that of auto manufacturer Tata Motors Ltd. Also on the cards are flights to the hosiery and garments hub of Ludhiana in Punjab from New Delhi.

Kingfisher Airlines Ltd and regional airline Jagson Airlines Ltd are among those planning to harness the potential of smaller airports.

“The bigger airlines have a focus on category I (metro) routes by default, but category II routes like smaller capital cities make a lot of sense,” said Jagson CEO Koustav M. Dhar.