Summary:
At present travellers from cities like Hyderabad, Chennai, Kolkata, Bangalore etc.
first come to Lucknow, then they travel to Kanpur by road.
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Indigo airline has announced to start 4 flights to Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Hyderabad from 15th September.
A proposal has been sent by the airline to the airport authority.
At the same time, SpiceJet has announced to start direct flights to Kolkata after Delhi and Mumbai.
The first flight to Kolkata will take off on 24 July.
The airline will start only after the permission of the airport authority and the flight schedule will be decided.
IndiGo had made an oral proposal to start flights to four cities six months ago, on which the airport authorities had demanded a written proposal.
The airport director said that if IndiGo`s airline has also started, it will be the first time that seven aircraft of two companies will fly simultaneously from Chakeri airport.