Night flights to resume at Srinagar airport

The Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has given its nod for night flight operations at the Srinagar airport. Low-cost carrier GoAir operated a trial night flight from Srinagar to New Delhi on March 23.

Srinagar: In a major relief to fliers, the Srinagar airport is finally starting night flight operations from Sunday.

On March 23, low cost carrier GoAir had operated a trial night flight from Srinagar to New Delhi successfully.

As of now, the airport will operate up to three night flights from Srinagar.

The authorities said that all arrangements have been finalised in this regard.

The night flights are expected to improve the number of tourists coming to Kashmir during the summers.

Srinagar airport operates about 30 commercial flights daily.