Beginning April next year, direct flight will connect the holy city of Amritsar with London thrice a week. With the aim to serve Sikh community globally and promote tourism, UK-based People Over Profit (POP) -- a new low-cost, long-haul airline -- will be launching its operations in April 2017. At present, there is no direct flight between the two cities. The airline will run flights with seating capacity of up to 400 between Amritsar and the UK capital thrice a week. The flight will take off from London at 7pm every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday and reach Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport, Amritsar, at 6am the next day.

Source: Hindustan Times November 05, 2016 13:41 UTC