Air India will increase the frequency of its Amritsar-London-Toronto flight from April 25.
The airline will be running the fight on a daily basis from the Rajasansi International Airport. The flight currently runs thrice a week.
The proposed move is expected to provide a relief to perishable exporters and farmers of Punjab who were affected after Jet Airways and Singapore Airlines withdrew their services last year stating it was not feasible for them to continue anymore.
"At present, we are handling 100 tonnes of cargo per month. Initially, we will introduce Boeing 777 200 ER aircraft on the route. This would be later upgraded to 300 ER. We expects that the introduction of the daily flight would boost the export from the region," said Air India, station manager (Amritsar), Ashwani Arora.
Sports goods and perishable items like snow peas, coriander, baby corn, French bean, green chillies and capsicum are currently exported from the Rajasansi International Airport to UK and European countries.
